Category: Perplexity
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Japanese media add to globe’s AI copyright infringement docket: Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun sue Perplexity AI over “free riding” in Tokyo District Court
Nikkei Inc. and The Asahi Shimbun Company are seeking an injunction against Perplexity AI, alleging that its GenAI-powered search engine unlawfully copies and stores articles from their websites, infringing copyright.
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Perplexity AI ignores New York Times’s scraping ban (robots.txt), summarizes copyrighted article on EURO soccer match
Context: The use of copyrighted material by AI providers has already given rise to several infringement complaints, and the New York Times (NYT) is arguably the highest-profile media outlet to sue (June 12, 2024 ai fray article). One would assume that AI providers would be particularly cautious about potentially infringing NYT material. But no: What’s…