Reddit Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Perplexity AI Over Data Scraping Allegations
Social media platform Reddit has initiated legal action against AI company Perplexity, claiming unauthorized data scraping of user posts. The lawsuit represents the latest conflict between content owners and AI firms over training data usage and copyright protection.
Legal Battle Over AI Training Data Intensifies
Social media giant Reddit has filed a federal lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Perplexity, alleging systematic copyright infringement through unauthorized data scraping of user posts, according to court documents filed in New York. The legal action marks an escalation in the ongoing conflict between content platforms and AI developers over the use of copyrighted material for training machine learning models.