On Wednesday, Reddit Inc. $RDDT initiated legal proceedings against Anthropic, an emerging startup in the artificial intelligence sector. The lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco Superior Court, accuses Anthropic of illicitly scraping data from Reddit’s social media discussion platform without authorization. This data was allegedly used to train Anthropic’s AI models, contradicting prior public assurances from the company denying such usage.

French search engine Qwant has formally lodged a complaint with the French antitrust authority, accusing Microsoft $MSFT of degrading the quality of its search results through the Microsoft Bing platform. Qwant, which historically depended on Bing’s infrastructure for its search services, alleges that Microsoft’s actions have negatively affected the user experience and competitiveness of the French search market.

The banana trade in Latin America, long a cornerstone of agricultural exports, is facing new headwinds as Chiquita Brands International, a major player in the global fruit supply chain, moves toward a full operational withdrawal from Panama. On June 2, 2025, Panama’s Labor Minister confirmed that Chiquita Panama’s administrative personnel had left the country and that the company would seek permission to terminate its remaining workforce.