The emergence of AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini threaten to inhale vast swaths of data from services like Reddit. As more people turn to chatbots for information they previously went to websites for, Reddit faces a gargantuan challenge gaining new users, particularly if Google’s search floodgates dry up.

Although Reddit has AI-related data-licensing agreements with OpenAI and Google, the company alleged in its lawsuit that Anthropic has been covertly siphoning its data without obtaining permission. Reddit alleges that Anthropic’s data-hoovering actions are “interfering with Reddit’s contractual relationships with Reddit’s users,” the legal filing said.