In a legal battle unfolding in New York federal court, social media giant Reddit has sued artificial intelligence startup Perplexity. The lawsuit accuses Perplexity, along with three other companies, of illegally scraping Reddit's data to enhance Perplexity's AI-based search engine. This marks yet another incident in a growing list of content owner lawsuits targeting tech firms over alleged unauthorized use of material for AI training purposes.

Reddit's lawsuit is aimed at halting what it describes as 'data laundering,' with the platform arguing that companies are scrambling for quality human content to fuel their AI systems. According to Reddit, the implicated companies bypassed its data protection measures, infringing on the site's content that Perplexity reportedly used without consent

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