Overview

• On June 4, Reddit filed a complaint in a San Francisco court alleging Anthropic violated its terms of service by using its platform data without permission.
• The lawsuit claims Anthropic’s bots continued scraping more than 100,000 posts after publicly committing to stop accessing Reddit servers.
• Reddit is seeking damages for alleged contract violations and unfair business practices linked to the unauthorized AI training.
• OpenAI, Google and other AI firms have formal data licensing agreements with Reddit, highlighting a contrast in industry practices.
• Legal experts say the case could establish new standards for how AI developers secure and pay for large-scale data access.