Reddit Accuses AI Startup Perplexity of Data Theft in Growing Industry Battle
TL;DR
Reddit has sued AI company Perplexity and associated data-scraping firms for illegally scraping its data, setting a trap with a test post to catch circumvention, and alleging that Perplexity bypassed protections by using Google search results to access Reddit content without permission.
- Inside the trap Reddit set for AI startup Perplexity to test whether it was stealing data businessinsider.com
- Reddit Accuses ‘Data Scraper’ Companies of Stealing Its Information The New York Times
- Reddit accuses Perplexity of stealing user posts, expanding data rights battle with AI industry CNBC
- Lawsuit: Reddit caught Perplexity “red-handed” stealing data from Google results Ars Technica
- Analysis | The fight between AI companies and the websites that hate them The Washington Post
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