Reddit has sued Anthropic over unauthorized use of AI training data, highlighting tensions between AI companies and content platforms over data usage rights.
The lawsuit raises concerns about AI firms using copyrighted material without consent, a legal battle that has involved major publishers and media organizations.
Anthropic's AI models, including the Claude chatbot, were trained on Reddit posts, despite publicly stating they had blocked bots from crawling the site.
The lawsuit outcome could set a precedent for AI companies regarding the use of publicly available content, impacting industry data practices and regulations.