Reddit has launched legal action against Perplexity AI and three data providers, accusing them of illegally scraping forum content. The lawsuit claims the companies bypassed technological protections to harvest Reddit’s human conversations for AI training without proper licensing agreements.
Reddit Escalates Legal Battle Over AI Data Scraping
Social media platform Reddit has filed a federal lawsuit against Perplexity AI and three data providers, alleging they engaged in systematic content scraping without authorization. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, represents the latest escalation in the ongoing battle between content creators and artificial intelligence companies over training data.