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$Reddit (RDDT)$ CEO Steve Huffman criticized $Microsoft (MSFT)$, Anthropic $Google (GOOG)$ and Perplexity <a7>$Nvidia (NVDA)$ and others for crawling Reddit's website data without permission.

In an interview with The Verge, it was stated that the companies used Reddit's data without permission to train their AI models.Specifically noting that "Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity act as if all the content on the internet is free for them to use."

In contrast, some tech companies had already established partnerships with Reddit prior to crawling the data.For example, $ Google (GOOG)$ struck a deal with Reddit earlier this year worth about $60 million a year, allowing Google to access Reddit's content to train its AI models.

Similarly, OpenAI signed a deal with Reddit in March to allow ChatGPT to learn Reddit's content in real time.This incident highlights the tension between large tech companies and content platforms over data usage.

High-quality training data is becoming increasingly important as AI technology rapidly evolves, and Reddit, one of the largest archives of open conversations on the Internet, has naturally become coveted by AI companies for its content.

This situation raises several questions worth discussing:

1. Data ownership: In the Internet age, who owns user-generated content?Is it the platform or the users themselves?

2. Fair Use: Should the use of publicly accessible web content by AI companies for training be considered "fair use"?

3. The value of data: Does Reddit's demand for compensation for its use of data mean that the commercial value of user-generated content is on the rise?

4. Legal and ethical: In the absence of clear legal regulations, how do you balance technological innovation with the rights of content creators?

5. Competitive advantage: do companies like Google and OpenAI, which have agreements with Reddit, gain an unfair advantage in the AI race?

This incident could drive more discussion and legislation on data use, AI training, and content rights.It may also prompt more content platforms to reevaluate their data strategies and their relationships with tech giants.

And, of course, it could also provide more of a boost to Reddit's performance, if all these big tech companies pay for it.