Overview
- The New York Times filed the suit on Dec. 5 in New York federal court seeking damages and an injunction against Perplexity.
- The complaint alleges Perplexity copied as many Times articles as it could access without permission and used them to generate answers.
- The Times says it contacted Perplexity repeatedly over the past year and a half to stop using its content until an agreement was reached.
- Other actions include lawsuits by Dow Jones in the U.S. and separate filings in Tokyo by Yomiuri, Asahi, and Nikkei, alongside protest letters led by Kyodo News.
- Perplexity told Mainichi it is “confused and regretful” about the concerns, and it has not announced steps that resolve the disputes.