Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been sued by social media platform Reddit over allegations that it “scrapes” user comments to train its chatbot Claude, without consent or permission.
Anthropic formed in 2021 with former OpenAI executives and is currently partnered with Amazon to improve Alexa’s voice assistant. Its flagship Claude chatbot competes directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
According to a 2021 paper by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, the company identified high-quality AI training data on subreddits such as gardening and history forums. In 2023, Anthropic argued that its use of data qualified as lawful, but now faces a lawsuit alleging breach of Reddit’s terms of use.
This suit marks a departure from other AI-related lawsuits filed against companies like Anthropic, which focused on copyright infringement claims. Instead, Reddit is seeking damages for unfair competition and alleged unauthorized access to user comments.
The outcome of this case will be closely watched by the tech industry as it addresses concerns over data privacy and intellectual property rights in AI development.
Source: https://apnews.com/article/reddit-sues-ai-company-anthropic-claude-chatbot-f5ea042beb253a3f05a091e70531692d