By Corbin Bolies
Publication Date: 2025-12-05 14:06:00
The New York Times sued the AI startup Perplexity on Friday, alleging it repeatedly violated the Times’ copyright protections by distributing its work to Perplexity users without permission or a deal with the paper.
The paper accused the company of letting its AI platform scrape the Times’ journalism to regurgitate it when readers use its service, with the final product being “identical or substantially similar” to its published stories. It said it has repeatedly asked Perplexity for nearly two years to cease its actions, but to no avail.
“While we believe in the ethical and responsible use and development of AI, we firmly object to Perplexity’s unlicensed use of our content to develop and promote their products,” Times spokesperson Graham James said in a statement. “We will continue to work to hold companies accountable that refuse to recognize the value of our work.”
Perplexity did not respond to an immediate request for comment.
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