Reddit sues AI company Perplexity, others for industrial-scale scraping comments

6 months ago

Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for 'industrial-scale' scraping of user comments.
The lawsuit targets Perplexity AI, Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy, and SerpApi for alleged unlawful data scraping.
Reddit accuses the companies of unfair competition, unjust enrichment, and violating U.S. copyright laws.
Perplexity claims it fights for users' rights to access public knowledge and denies wrongdoing.
Oxylabs and SerpApi also deny the allegations and plan to defend themselves in court.
Reddit compares the defendants to 'would-be bank robbers' for evading anti-scraping measures.
Reddit has licensing agreements with Google and OpenAI for AI training on its data.
The lawsuit highlights the tension between AI companies and platforms over data usage rights.

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