Perplexity Faces Legal Challenges Over Content Use
AI search company Perplexity is being sued by major publishers for alleged copyright violations, while seeking to build partnerships and expand its business model.
- Dow Jones and NYP Holdings have filed a lawsuit against Perplexity for allegedly misusing content from The Wall Street JournalNew York Post without permission.
- The lawsuit claims Perplexity's platform plagiarizes content and violates trademarks by providing misleading attributions.
- The New York Times has also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity over similar issues of content scraping.
- Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas stated the company is open to partnerships and aims to share ad revenues with publishers.
- Despite legal challenges, Perplexity is in talks to raise new funding, potentially valuing the company at $8 billion.
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