Reddit has sued Perplexity AI and three other entities for allegedly scraping user comments for commercial gain

Social media platform Reddit sued artificial intelligence startup Perplexity in New York federal court on Wednesday, accusing it and three other companies of unlawfully scraping its data to train Perplexity's AI-based search engine.

The lawsuit also accuses Oxylabs, AWMProxy, and SerpApi of helping Perplexity collect data by hiding their identities and mimicking normal user behaviour.

In its latest data-rights battle with the AI industry, Reddit has launched a suit against Perplexity alleging the AI company illegally scraped its users' posts.

Reddit is suing companies SerApi, OxyLabs, AWMProxy and Perplexity for allegedly scraping its data from search results and using it without a license, The New York Times reports. The new lawsuit follows legal action against AI startup Anthropic,

The social platform accused Perplexity and its data partners of unlawfully harvesting user content to train AI systems.

Reddit has sued Perplexity AI and three other entities for allegedly scraping user comments for commercial gain

Reddit claims it caught Perplexity doing something it shouldn't have. The popular message board website filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, a notable AI firm, alleging that Perplexity engaged in improper data scraping to feed its AI program.