Reddit Sues Anthropic Over AI Data Use

Reddit has sued Anthropic, alleging that the AI firm illegally scraped Reddit's user-generated content to train its Claude chatbot without permission or compensation. The lawsuit claims Anthropic accessed Reddit's servers over 100,000 times after stating it had stopped, bypassing technical safeguards and ignoring licensing requirements. Reddit accuses Anthropic of violating its user agreement and misrepresenting its data access practices while maintaining lucrative licensing deals with other AI companies. The legal filing seeks monetary damages and an injunction to prevent Anthropic from further using Reddit data. Reddit emphasizes the unique value of its conversational archives for AI training, while Anthropic asserts its data usage practices are lawful. Anthropic had not responded publicly to the allegations as of the filing.