Perplexity AI Faces Backlash Over Alleged Copyright Violations and Web Scraping

AI startup Perplexity is under fire for reportedly bypassing web standards and inadequately crediting original content creators.

Forbes and Wired accuse Perplexity of using their content without proper attribution.
Perplexity allegedly bypassed the Robots Exclusion Protocol to scrape web content.
Forbes has threatened legal action, demanding changes and reimbursement from Perplexity.
Perplexity's CEO claims the company is an aggregator and disputes the allegations.
Public trust in AI-generated content is waning amid these controversies.