Reddit Sues Perplexity and Others Over Data Scraping for AI Training
TL;DR
Reddit is suing Perplexity and three data-scraping companies for unlawfully scraping its content to train AI models, alleging that Perplexity is a customer of these scrapers and has increased Reddit citations despite cease-and-desist efforts. Reddit claims these actions bypass technological protections and violate copyright, aiming to prevent the industrial-scale theft of its data for AI training.
- Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI The Verge
- Reddit Sues Perplexity, Others Over Alleged Data Scraping Bloomberg.com
- Reddit sues Perplexity for scraping data to train AI system Reuters
- Reddit Accuses ‘Data Scraper’ Companies of Theft The New York Times
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