A lawsuit has been filed against Perplexity, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, over scraping user data from Reddit posts. The case involves OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini AI. A Reddit user, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that their private data was accessed without permission by the AI company. The lawsuit alleges that Perplexity violated Reddit’s terms of service and state laws. This is part of a growing trend of companies using AI to scrape user data from social media platforms, sparking concerns about online privacy and security.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/23/reddit-user-data-battle-ai-industry-sues-perplexity-scraping-posts-openai-chatgpt-google-gemini-lawsuit.html