Amazon Probes Perplexity AI Over Content Scraping Allegations

The AI startup faces scrutiny for allegedly bypassing web protocols and plagiarizing content from major publishers.

Amazon Web Services is investigating claims that Perplexity AI violated its terms of service by scraping content from websites that blocked such activity.
Forbes, Wired, and other major publishers have accused Perplexity of using their content without proper attribution, including bypassing paywalls.
Perplexity's CEO denies wrongdoing, asserting that the company complies with web standards and only uses third-party scrapers for specific tasks.
Investigations revealed that Perplexity's chatbot sometimes cites low-quality, AI-generated sources, raising concerns about misinformation.
The controversy has intensified as Perplexity continues to attract significant investment and aims to compete with Google in the AI search space.