Amazon Web Services is looking into the data mining practices of Perplexity AI following reports that the startup is stealing web files from various media outlets without permission or compensation. This has led to investigations by Forbes, cabling, and other publications, prompting Amazon to confirm that they are investigating Perplexity’s behavior. The importance of following … Read more
Perplexity, an AI startup, is currently under investigation by Amazon for allegedly scraping content from websites that have been denied access, a violation of the Robot Exclusion Protocol. The investigation was prompted by Forbes accusing Perplexity of stealing an article, which was later confirmed by Wired. Despite the allegations, Perplexity claims to adhere to the … Read more
Amazon Web Services is currently investigating Perplexity AI for potential violations of its regulations. The investigation revolves around allegations that the AI search startup may be crawling internet sites that have explicitly prohibited such actions using the Robots Exclusion Protocol, a standard web method for limiting automated access. Web scraping is the method of using … Read more