The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post have filed a lawsuit against the emerging company “Perplexity”, which relies on artificial intelligence in research, accusing it of using their content to train language models without permission.
The companies accuse Perplexity of violating copyright by using their articles to generate answers to user queries, leading visitors away from the original newspaper websites.
The complaint filed by the companies states that this case is an attempt to exploit the valuable content produced by newspapers without compensation. The complaint also points out that the service not only provides excerpts of the content but full articles, especially to users who subscribe to the paid plan.
The lawsuit cited an instance where the service provided a complete article from the New York Post when a user requested the full text. The newspapers also claimed that Perplexity damages their reputation by citing information that is not present on their websites and explained that the company’s AI system may add inaccurate details.
The lawsuit also mentioned that the newspapers sent a legal letter to Perplexity in July last year to address these issues, but received no response.
Condé Nast previously demanded that Perplexity stop using their articles. In June, reports indicated that Amazon has initiated an investigation into Perplexity’s unauthorized use of its websites.
