Reddit requests reparation from Microsoft for AI schooling

Reddit, having entered into collaborations with Google and Open AI — providing these corporations with the privilege to educate their AI algorithms using the platform’s materials — is now urging Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity to do the honorable thing and establish parallel arrangements.

As stated by Reddit’s CEO Steve Huffman, despite not having the permission to do so, the aforementioned three entities have consistently employed Reddit’s materials for the training of their AI algorithms. Reddit has attempted to impede access by updating the robots.txt file; however, this has not deterred the specified corporations from continuing to amass data.

A representative from Anthropic remarked to The Verge that the data accrual from Reddit had ceased in the middle of May. Nevertheless, Microsoft and Perplexity refrained from issuing an immediate response to Huffman’s assertions.

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