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00:02Reddit sued artificial intelligence startup Perplexity in New York federal court on Wednesday,
00:06accusing it of illegally scraping Reddit data to trade its AI-powered answer engine.
00:10Reddit said the company has bypassed its data protections to obtain content
00:14Perplexity desperately needs to power its system, according to Reuters.
00:18A company which previously sued Anthropic in June said it sent Perplexity a cease and
00:21desist letter last year, after which citations to Reddit increased 40-fold.
00:25Perplexity defended its AI practices as responsible and factual,
00:29while Reddit's legal chief accused AI firms of driving a data laundering race for human content.
00:34Reddit, which is licensed content to Google and OpenAI,
00:37seeks monetary damages and an injunction barring Perplexity from using its data.
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