Reddit sues AI company Perplexity and others for 'industrial-scale' scraping of user comments

The lawsuit filed on Oct 22 is different in the way that it confronts not just an AI company but the lesser-known services the AI industry relies on to acquire online writings needed to train AI chatbots. — AP

Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Perplexity AI and three other entities on Oct 22, alleging their involvement in an "industrial-scale, unlawful” economy to "scrape” the comments of millions of Reddit users for commercial gain.

Reddit's lawsuit in a New York federal court takes aim at San Francisco-based Perplexity, maker of an AI chatbot and "answer engine” that competes with Google, ChatGPT and others in online search.