Overview

• 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.