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Reddit sues AI startup Anthropic for breach of contract, ‘unfair competition’
- Reddit Inc. Filed a lawsuit against Anthropic for allegedly using its content without permission, citing over 100,000 unauthorized access attempts since last July.
- The lawsuit claims that Anthropic's use of Reddit's content has breached its rules and exploited users' personal data without consent.
- Reddit's Chief Legal Officer, Ben Lee, indicated that the lawsuit is a last resort, as the company preferred to negotiate a licensing agreement with Anthropic.
- An Anthropic spokesperson stated that the company disagrees with Reddit's claims and will defend itself vigorously.
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Reddit sues Anthropic for using platform content to train AI
Anthropic is facing a lawsuit from Reddit, the first major tech company to take legal action against the AI startup. Reddit accuses the company of scraping posts from its site without permission to train Claude, Anthropic’s generative AI chatbot. The complaint, filed June 4 in San Francisco County, argues that Anthropic violated Reddit’s user agreement by commercially exploiting its data without a licensing deal. Anthropic allegedly ignored Redd…
Reddit’s Treasure Trove of ‘Human’ Data Sparks Tension with A.I. Companies
Reddit, the popular social media platform known for its decades of topic-specific forums, holds a treasure trove of user-generated content that A.I. companies can use to train large language models. But the platform doesn’t take kindly to having its data used without permission. In a lawsuit filed yesterday (June 4), Reddit accused A.I. company Anthropic of scraping its site’s content without authorization. Describing Anthropic as a company that…
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DNyuzContent karma catches up to Reddit in its fight with Anthropic
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.AP Photo/Yuki IwamuraReddit sued Anthropic for allegedly scraping its content to train AI models.Reddit's business model relies on user-contributed content, without paying to the original creators.The lawsuit questions data ownership in the AI era, highlighting Reddit's own practices.In the fast-evolving world of generative AI, a new kind of arms race is underway, one that has less to do with GPUs and more to do with dat…
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