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Reddit has initiated a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, accusing it of illegally ‘scraping’ user comments to train its chatbot, Claude. The lawsuit was filed in the superior court of California in San Francisco. Reddit alleges that Anthropic accessed the platform’s content using automated bots without user consent, a violation of their policies. This move comes despite Reddit’s existing licensing agreements with companies like Google and OpenAI, which allow AI training under regulated conditions. Reddit’s Chief Legal Officer, Ben Lee, emphasized the need for clear limitations on how AI companies can use personal data.