Summary
Reddit has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI and three other entities, accusing them of illegally collecting user comments for profit. The lawsuit claims these companies bypass Reddit's protections to gather data and allegedly violates copyright laws. Perplexity AI and others involved deny the allegations and plan to defend themselves in court.
Key Facts
- Reddit sued Perplexity AI and three other entities, including Oxylabs, AWMProxy, and SerpApi.
- The lawsuit was filed in New York federal court and involves claims of unlawful data scraping.
- Reddit alleges the companies engaged in unfair competition and unjust enrichment.
- The companies are accused of evading Reddit’s anti-scraping measures and violating U.S. copyright laws.
- Perplexity AI, SerpApi, and Oxylabs all deny the allegations and plan to contest the lawsuit.
- Scraping is the practice of automatically collecting data from websites for various purposes, but Reddit compares it to theft.
- The lawsuit represents Reddit's second legal action against an AI company for similar issues.
- Reddit has existing licensing agreements with companies like Google and OpenAI for the use of its data.
