Reddit on Wednesday filed a case against AI Startup Anthropic, alleging that $ 61.5 billion Startups used their site as the basis of training for the AI model without permission.
42 ComplaintWhich was filed in the Northern California Court on Wednesday, the Redit claimed that Anthropic violated the user agreement of the Redit using site data for business purposes. Anthropic is allegedly training its AI model to the posts held by Reddit users without their consent.
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As TekkachchanThe lawsuit for the first time a large technology company has challenged the AI startup on the material used to legally train the AI model.
“We will not tolerate the anthropically benefiting institutions that exploit the contents of the redit for anthropically anthropically anthropically anthropically anthropic content for redit content,” said Reddit Chief Legal Officer. Tekkachchan In a statement.
Meanwhile, in an email statement CNBCAn anthropic spokesperson said, “We disagree with the claims of Reddit and will strictly protect ourselves.”
In July 2024, Redit CEO Steve Hafman Call Anthropic, microsoft, and unauthorized training data to scrap the site, and an anthropic spokesperson assured Reddit that it was closed. However, since then, Redit has claimed that the anthropic bots have creeped their site more than 100,000 times according to the complaint.
Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Hafman. Frederick J. through Getty Image. Photo by brown/AFP
Other companies are using reddit data for AI training, but only after signing formal agreements with the company. Redit hit $ 60 million licensing deal With Google in February 2024, which allowed Google to train his Gemini AI on reddit data. reddit Is equal Contract with Openai in May 2024, so you can refine your AI model from chat-maker reddit posts.
In the trial against anthropic, Reddit wrote that Openai and Google are allowed to “use public reddit materials, but only after the reddit agrees on licensing terms,” which includes provisions of user privacy protection. Anthropic does not agree to any condition and is using site data without permission, claims of reddit.
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According to complaints in Reddit, there are more than 100 million daily active users in hundreds of thousands of subredit communities. The company said that the purpose of the lawsuit is to seek loss. It is asking for a jury test.
Reddit went public in March 2024 and is valuable More than $ 21 billion At the time of writing.
Reddit on Wednesday filed a case against AI Startup Anthropic, alleging that $ 61.5 billion Startups used their site as the basis of training for the AI model without permission.
42 ComplaintWhich was filed in the Northern California Court on Wednesday, the Redit claimed that Anthropic violated the user agreement of the Redit using site data for business purposes. Anthropic is allegedly training its AI model to the posts held by Reddit users without their consent.
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