Reddit Files Lawsuit Alleging Perplexity AI Illegally Scraped Content Through Third Parties
Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, accusing the company of illegally scraping content to train its artificial intelligence systems. The social media platform claims it caught Perplexity using third-party data scraping firms to access Reddit content without permission. According to reports, Reddit used a clever detection method involving a “test post” that proved Perplexity was accessing restricted content.
Legal Battle Over AI Training Data
Reddit has initiated legal action against artificial intelligence company Perplexity, alleging the AI firm engaged in unauthorized data scraping of Reddit content to train its AI systems. According to the complaint filed in court, Perplexity collaborated with three data scraping companies—AWMProxy, Oxylabs, and SerpApi—to access Reddit’s content without proper authorization. Sources indicate that Perplexity maintained business relationships with at least one of these scraping firms to systematically extract data from Reddit’s platform.
