India, June 4 -- Reddit has filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, accusing the company of breaching its user agreement and engaging in unlawful business practices by using Reddit's content without authorization.
Filed in a San Francisco court on Wednesday, the complaint claims Anthropic trained its AI models using Reddit user data without consent, causing significant harm to the platform.
The lawsuit characterizes Anthropic as a "late-blooming" AI company that brands itself as an ethical leader, but according to Reddit, it "does not respect Reddit's rules or its users." The company alleges that Anthropic harvested content indiscriminately, believing it could use the data freely and without consequence.
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