Reddit filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI earlier this month, accusing the AI company of unlawfully scraping its platform through backdoor methods. Which raises a pretty important question: where’s the line between open and fair data access and unauthorised scraping? At first glance, this might sound like just two tech companies at each other’s throats. But beneath the surface, it’s a fight over the value of online content and who deserves to benefit from it. In fact, the court’s ruling on the Reddit vs Perplexity case could potentially shape how sites and Web Hosting providers manage and protect content, not to mention how AI models access and use data. KEY TAKEAWAYS Reddit claims Perplexity knowingly bypassed tech […]