Big Media Unleashes Big Guns on AI Firm Perplexity Over Copyright Infringement
In a move that signals the escalating tensions between established news outlets and AI companies, The New York Times and Chicago Tribune have filed separate lawsuits against Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement. Despite sending cease-and-desist demands to Perplexity, which persisted in using their content without permission, the AI firm has continued to scrape news websites, including those of the two major newspapers.
According to the lawsuit, The New York Times claims that Perplexity's AI models have reproduced its articles verbatim, with little regard for the original source. Moreover, the company is accused of generating "hallucinations" – completely fabricated information – and passing them off as genuine, thereby damaging the newspaper's brand.
The Chicago Tribune has filed a similar lawsuit against Perplexity, stating that its AI-generated products have produced outputs that are "identical or substantially similar" to its content. The newspaper claims that millions of copyrighted stories, videos, images, and other works have been unlawfully copied by Perplexity for use in its tools and products.
These lawsuits mark the latest chapter in a growing number of cases involving copyright holders and AI companies in the US. Similar disputes have already emerged between The New York Times and companies like OpenAI and Microsoft over the unauthorized training of large language models on millions of articles without permission.
However, some deals have been struck to license content to AI firms. For instance, OpenAI has signed agreements with media companies, including Amazon, which reportedly pays as much as $25 million per year for access to The New York Times' archives. It remains to be seen whether such deals will set a precedent in the ongoing battle over copyright and AI-generated content.
In a move that signals the escalating tensions between established news outlets and AI companies, The New York Times and Chicago Tribune have filed separate lawsuits against Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement. Despite sending cease-and-desist demands to Perplexity, which persisted in using their content without permission, the AI firm has continued to scrape news websites, including those of the two major newspapers.
According to the lawsuit, The New York Times claims that Perplexity's AI models have reproduced its articles verbatim, with little regard for the original source. Moreover, the company is accused of generating "hallucinations" – completely fabricated information – and passing them off as genuine, thereby damaging the newspaper's brand.
The Chicago Tribune has filed a similar lawsuit against Perplexity, stating that its AI-generated products have produced outputs that are "identical or substantially similar" to its content. The newspaper claims that millions of copyrighted stories, videos, images, and other works have been unlawfully copied by Perplexity for use in its tools and products.
These lawsuits mark the latest chapter in a growing number of cases involving copyright holders and AI companies in the US. Similar disputes have already emerged between The New York Times and companies like OpenAI and Microsoft over the unauthorized training of large language models on millions of articles without permission.
However, some deals have been struck to license content to AI firms. For instance, OpenAI has signed agreements with media companies, including Amazon, which reportedly pays as much as $25 million per year for access to The New York Times' archives. It remains to be seen whether such deals will set a precedent in the ongoing battle over copyright and AI-generated content.
!!! it's like they're trying to stifle innovation and creativity with their lawsuits against AI firms like Perplexity. news outlets are already struggling to stay relevant in the digital age, so instead of embracing new technologies that can help them reach more people, they're fighting it with court battles 
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. but the thing is, AI firms like Perplexity are already working with other companies to license content and create new, original works - it's time for the big media outlets to catch up 
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. Perplexity's like the ultimate news ninja – sneaking around and stealing articles without permission, and now it's facing the consequences. But seriously, who needs copyright laws when you have AI-generated content that sounds so realistic? 
It's like they say: "don't mess with the Times" or in this case, don't mess with Perplexity 
. Big Media thinks they can just file lawsuits left and right and expect everyone to bow down? Newsflash: that's not how innovation works! Perplexity is pushing the boundaries of what we thought was possible with AI, and suddenly The New York Times and Chicago Tribune are crying foul like it's 1999 
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... Big media thinks they own everything just 'cause they wrote it down first 
. Newsflash: the internet didn't become what it is today without some sneaky scraping going on 
. Perplexity's probably just trying to stay ahead of the game and avoid getting shut down like all those other AI firms that got creamed by the big media conglomerates 
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guess im gonna have to start putting a copyright symbol on every single thing i post now lol. its crazy that these big media outlets are suing AI firms over this stuff, like what if they used their resources to create more content instead of just suing everyone 