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Forbes Accuses AI Startup Perplexity of Scraping and Copyright Infringement

Jun 20, 2024, 12:06 PM

Forbes has accused AI search startup Perplexity of stealing text and images in a 'willful infringement' of its copyright rights. According to a letter obtained by Axios, Forbes alleges that Perplexity has been surreptitiously scraping content and making things up out of thin air. A WIRED investigation supports these claims, revealing that Perplexity's AI-powered search tool is repurposing content without giving credit. This controversy highlights the broader issue of web crawling and content ownership in the AI era, as content publishers push back against such practices.