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Reddit Sues Perplexity Over Alleged Data Scraping To Train Its AI-Based Search Engine

Reddit has sued AI startup Perplexity and three data scraping firms, which include Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy, and SerpApi, accusing them of unlawfully collecting Reddit data via Google search results. The data was allegedly purchased by Perplexity to train its AI-based search engine.

Published: Oct 23, 2025 11:05 AM IST
Reddit Sues Perplexity Over Alleged Data Scraping To Train Its AI-Based Search Engine
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Reddit has reportedly filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity in a New York federal court, accusing it of unlawfully scraping data from the platform to train its AI-based search engine. As per a report of Bloomberg, the lawsuit also targets three other data scraping companies, which include Oxylabs UAB, AWMProxy, and SerpApi. They are accused of collecting Reddit data through Google search results without permission and reselling it. As per reports, Perplexity has been buying that information from at least one of them.┬аMeta Layoffs: Mark Zuckerberg-Run Company To Lay Off Employees in Superintelligence Labs AI Unit, Job Cuts May Affect 600 Roles.

Reddit Sues Perplexity

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