Reddit claims they’ve taken legal action against AI company Anthropic, stating that they believe Anthropic utilized their platform for training their artificial intelligence systems without obtaining proper authorization or consent.
Since the rise of generative AI, there has been ongoing debate about the legality of corporations using publicly accessible data for training their artificial intelligence systems.
In February 2024, Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee expressed dissatisfaction on Twitter over an AI chatbot utilizing his name without obtaining prior consent.
On the 4th of June, Wednesday, Reddit took legal action against Anthropic, accusing them of utilizing public user data, supposedly used to train their models, without obtaining prior approval.
Reddit sues Anthropic over AI training
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Reddit claims that an artificial intelligence company misused their data for commercial gain, doing so without proper compensation and disregarding their user data policy.
As a concerned follower, I’d like to highlight that some sources claim Anthropic, in contrast to common expectations, has been subtly using Reddit users’ personal data for training purposes, all without obtaining prior consent from these individuals.
In the year 2024, Reddit made agreements with OpenAI and Google for the right to gather data from their platform to help develop models. However, according to The Wall Street Journal, negotiations with Anthropic did not lead to a similar agreement being reached.
Even though no agreement was reached, it’s reported that Anthropic is believed to have accessed Reddit’s servers more than 100,000 times, despite previously stating they had stopped their bots from such actions.
reddit has filed a lawsuit against the AI company ‘Anthropic’, claiming they trained their model using private user information without permission, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
— TopMob (@TopMob) June 4, 2025
Previously, Anthropic (a company backed by Amazon) has found itself involved in a lawsuit accusing it of copying someone else’s work, which is claimed to be a violation of copyright laws.
In August 2024, The Verge reported claims made by three authors that a certain company had amassed a multibillion-dollar empire through the unauthorized use of hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books. A year earlier, in October 2023, Universal Music Group levied accusations of copyright infringement against this same company for misusing their song lyrics.
In February 2024, Reddit wasn’t the sole entity exploring similar partnerships when it sealed a $60M agreement with Google, allowing the tech giant to mine its site for training purposes of its AI named Gemini. Other companies were also keen on striking such deals.
It has been rumored that well-known blogging sites such as Tumblr and WordPress might have considered selling their users’ data to artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI and Midjourney, though the veracity of these transactions remains uncertain.
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2025-06-04 22:48