NYT and Tribune sue Perplexity AI for ‘large-scale’ content theft

The New York Times (NYT) and Chicago Tribune have filed lawsuits against Perplexity AI, accusing the AI startup of copying and distributing their copyrighted content without permission to power its generative AI systems. In what is setting up to be the latest high-stakes showdown between legacy journalism and artificial intelligence technology, The New York Times has accused Perplexity of engaging in large-scale unlawful copying that threatens both its business model and its journalistic mission. The Chicago Tribune’s lawsuit also accuses Perplexity of unlawfully profiting from its content while building its AI-driven search engine. The newspaper contends that Perplexity’s platforms provide answers using fully reproduced Tribune reporting, effectively bypassing the need for users to visit the newspaper’s website and negatively impacting their subscription and advertising revenue streams. News sites challenge Perplexity’s AI technology The Tribune’s lawsuit claims that Perplexity is utilizing Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, which allows the system to...

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