Reddit is suing Anthropic, alleging the AI company scraped millions of user comments to train its Claude chatbot. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, accuses Anthropic of copyright infringement and violation of Reddit's terms of service. Reddit claims Anthropic used its platform to gather vast amounts of data without proper authorization.
The social media platform argues that Anthropic's actions undermine its business model, which relies on users creating and sharing content. By using Reddit's data without permission, Anthropic is allegedly benefiting unfairly from the community's contributions. Reddit is seeking financial compensation for the alleged damages and a court order to stop Anthropic from further using Reddit's content to train its AI models. The lawsuit highlights the growing tension between social media companies and AI developers over the use of publicly available data for training large language models.
Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleging AI Training Data Theft
Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company, accusing it of illegally using Reddit's user-generated content to train its AI chatbot, Claude. The lawsuit claims Anthropic scraped millions of comments without permission. Reddit argues this unauthorized use infringes on their copyright and violates their terms of service. The company is seeking damages and an injunction to prevent Anthropic from further using its data.
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