Dec 5
New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work - The New York Times
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The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against the AI-powered search startup Perplexity. The legal action alleges that the company used copyrighted content from the Times to train and power its AI models and responses.
Why it matters
Legal challenges against retrieval-augmented generation models signal a tightening-of-the-noose around the data-scraping practices fundamental to the current AI search paradigm.
Entities mentioned
Perplexity The New York TimesTags
#copyright #perplexity #generative ai #litigationRelated coverage
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