CNN Sues Perplexity Over Copyright Infringement of AI Models
TL;DR. CNN filed a lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, alleging massive copyright infringement and content scraping. - The lawsuit claims Perplexity unlawfully collected and distributed over 17,000 pieces of CNN's content. - Perplexity's AI tools are accused of reproducing verbatim articles, including paywalled stories, in query responses. - This action follows similar lawsuits against Perplexity by other major media organizations for unapproved content use.
- CNN alleges Perplexity scraped its digital platforms and reproduced content without permission.
- The lawsuit highlights concerns about Perplexity's AI models generating 'hallucinated' content attributed to CNN.
- Previously, Perplexity and CNN were in negotiations for content usage, which ultimately failed.
- Perplexity faces multiple lawsuits from media companies regarding its method of content acquisition and use.
Sources
- CNN is the latest media company to sue Perplexity — engadget.com