Comment by WalkingEars on 18/12/2023 at 22:49 UTC

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AI chatbot developers are, I assume, the main "clients" and the reason for the API access changes. In some ways it would partly explain the clumsy/rushed/hasty way the changes were made

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Comment by toxictoy at 18/12/2023 at 23:02 UTC

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It also explains this post where many moderators noticed a wave of “weird new bot accounts” https://www.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/s/zB2ZZuaCUF

We must also consider beyond chatbot developers who might be paying to look like and act as a regular user.