Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly not paying for training data
a year ago
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- Reddit is suing Anthropic for allegedly using its data to train AI models without a proper licensing agreement.
- Reddit claims Anthropic's unauthorized use of its data for commercial purposes was unlawful and violated its user agreement.
- This lawsuit makes Reddit the first Big Tech company to legally challenge an AI model provider over training data practices.
- Reddit has licensing deals with OpenAI and Google, allowing them to use its data under certain terms.
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, holds an 8.7% stake in Reddit and was once on its board.
- Reddit alleges Anthropic ignored its robots.txt files and continued scraping data despite claims of blocking bots.
- Anthropic denies Reddit's claims and vows to defend itself vigorously.
- Reddit seeks compensatory damages, restitution, and an injunction to stop Anthropic from using its content.