Reddit Escalates AI Data War with Lawsuit Alleging Perplexity Orchestrated “Industrial-Scale” Content Theft
The Legal Battle Over AI Training Data Intensifies Reddit has launched a significant legal offensive against AI startup Perplexity and…
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Reddit Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Perplexity AI Over Alleged Data Scraping Violations
Reddit has initiated legal action against AI company Perplexity and three data scraping service providers for allegedly bypassing content protections. The lawsuit claims these entities engaged in “industrial-scale” copyright infringement to fuel Perplexity’s answer engine without proper licensing agreements.
Legal Battle Over AI Training Data Intensifies
Reddit has filed a significant lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Perplexity and three data scraping service providers, according to court documents obtained by news outlets. The legal action targets what Reddit describes as “industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections” by entities seeking to access valuable copyrighted content from the social media platform without proper authorization.