Reddit, which has signed cooperation agreements with Google and Open AI — giving both companies the right to train their AI models using the site’s content — is now demanding that Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity do the right thing and sign similar agreements.
According to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, the three companies have repeatedly used Reddit content to train their AI models, despite not being allowed to do so. Reddit has tried to block access via an updated version of the robots.txt file, but that hasn’t stopped the targeted companies from continuing to collect data.
A spokesperson from Anthropic said in a comment to The Verge that the collection of data from Reddit stopped in mid-May. Microsoft and Perplexity, however, did not immediately commented on Huffman’s claims.
Reddit, which has signed cooperation agreements with Google and Open AI — giving both companies the right to train their AI models using the site’s content — is now demanding that Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity do the right thing and sign similar agreements.
According to Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, the three companies have repeatedly used Reddit content to train their AI models, despite not being allowed to do so. Reddit has tried to block access via an updated version of the robots.txt file, but that hasn’t stopped the targeted companies from continuing to collect data.
A spokesperson from Anthropic said in a comment to The Verge that the collection of data from Reddit stopped in mid-May. Microsoft and Perplexity, however, did not immediately commented on Huffman’s claims. Read More
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