Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three other firms, accusing them of illegally scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI search engine. The complaint claims the companies bypassed Reddit’s protections to steal data needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine.” This case joins a growing list of lawsuits by content owners over unauthorised use of copyrigh…Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three other firms, accusing them of illegally scraping its data to train Perplexity’s AI search engine. The complaint claims the companies bypassed Reddit’s protections to steal data needed for Perplexity’s “answer engine.” This case joins a growing list of lawsuits by content owners over unauthorised use of copyrigh…
