By Let’s Data Science
Publication Date: 2026-05-28 14:11:00
CNN filed a copyright and trademark lawsuit against Perplexity in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging the AI company “unlawfully copying and distributing” CNN’s reporting and using its marks without permission, according to CNN and reporting in Variety. The complaint, as reported by Variety, alleges Perplexity scraped more than 17,000 CNN stories, photos and videos and used them to train its products. Perplexity responded to media requests with the quoted line “You can’t copyright facts,” per TheWrap. CNN says it attempted licensing talks with Perplexity last year but did not reach terms, and the suit joins multiple publisher actions against Perplexity even as other outlets have negotiated licensing deals, reporting by CNN and other outlets states.
