Reddit just filed a new lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the AI startup of illegally scraping its platform data to train AI models without permission or payment.
Reddit said it attempted to negotiate a licensing deal similar to its existing agreements with OpenAI and Google, but Anthropic declined.
While the AI leaders are no strangers to lawsuits, this is one of the first instances of a major tech platform taking action. With Sam Altman owning nearly 9% of Reddit, and recent actions being taken by Anthropic against an OpenAI-acquired startup, could this be a proxy war being fought by AI giants beneath the surface?