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Reddit is suing Artificial intelligence Startup Antropic for what he calls the violation of the contract and engaging in “unlawful and unfair business activities” using the platform and data of social media company without authority.
A lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in San Francisco, claims that Anthropic trains its models of personal data of Reddit users without consent. Reddit claims that this was hurt by unauthorized commercial use of its content.
Reddit shared on Wednesday by over 7%, reaching high day by day after making the trial public.
The company opened a complaint, calling Anthropic a “late” company AI, which “counted as a white knight of the AI industry.” Reddit follows this saying, “It's nothing else.”
“For his part, despite what his marketing material says, Anthropic does not care about the principles or users of Reddit: he believes that he is entitled to accept any content and use this content as soon as he wants,
With impunity – he said the report.
In E -Mail, the anthropic spokesman said: “We do not agree with Reddit's claims and will defend himself vigorously.”
Since the AI generative boom began with the launch of ChatgPT OpenAI at the end of 2022, Reddit was at the forefront of the conversation. Its 20-year-old site is filled with information generated by users on hundreds of thousands of topics and was the main source of training for large AI models, including Anthropica Claude.
Reddit announced partnership In May, Opeli will allow the company to train its AI models in the scope of Reddit content. The company has a similar contract with Google.
In the lawsuit Reddit said that “other giants in space AI understand and respect the rules of Reddit.” He called OpenAI and Google companies that “can use the Reddit public content, but only after consent to Reddit licensing conditions” Protective privacy of users.
Altman himself, the general director of Opeli, is a former member of the board and the main shareholder of Reddit, with a rate of over $ 1 billion.
In March, the anthropijnik was priced at $ 61.5 billion In the financing round run by LightSpeed Venture Partners and in this participation of Salesforce Ventures and Cisco Investments. The company, founded in 2021 Amazon.
Reddit maintained its IPO in 2024, and now he has a market capitalization of around $ 22 billion.
Reddit claims that he has determined the rules that decide how to use its data, which according to the company “is clearly commemorated” in the Reddit user contract.
“While Reddit has always been able that the community should be open to all people looking for a merger and community, it never allowed its platform and countless communities that find a house that is to be intended by commercial actors, who try to create enterprises worth a billion dollars and offer nothing in exchange for Reddit and its users,” says the complaint.
Reddit said that the purpose of the lawsuit is to apply for compensation and forced to comply with contractual and legal obligations. This asks for the jury process.
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