CNN sues Perplexity over ‘verbatim’ copycat articles

Source: The Verge

Lawsuit Overview

CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, alleging that the startup’s AI tools generate “verbatim” copies of CNN’s work. The complaint, filed in a New York court on Thursday, also claims that Perplexity provides users with information that is locked behind CNN’s subscription paywall.

Allegations

• Perplexity’s AI “answer” engine and its AI browser, Comet, are accused of ignoring CNN’s efforts to recognize or block Perplexity’s unidentified crawlers that scrape CNN content.
• The lawsuit states: “Human beings report, research, write, edit, and create the content that Perplexity takes without permission or compensation.”

Source

Read the full story at The Verge.