CNN Sues Perplexity, Accusing AI Company of Stealing Its Copyrighted Content

CNN filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging theft of intellectual property. The complaint includes 1,165 pages of exhibits covering copyrighted and trademarked CNN material, including more than 17,000 stories, videos, images, and other works. The claims assert unauthorized use of CNN content published on CNN’s digital platforms to power Perplexity’s generative artificial intelligence products and tools. CNN’s filing includes statements of relatedness indicating overlap with lawsuits brought by The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune against the same defendant. The related designation is intended to avoid duplicative legal work, expenses, and burdens on the court. The dispute fits broader efforts to ensure news providers receive fair compensation as AI tools distribute information.

"CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, accusing it of stealing the cable news outlet's intellectual property. The 54-page complaint was filed Thursday morning in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and included 1,165 pages of exhibits of the copyrighted and trademarked content CNN says Perplexity has unlawfully copied, including over 17,000 CNN stories, videos, images, and other works to power its products and tools."

"The 54-page complaint was filed Thursday morning in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and included 1,165 pages of exhibits of the copyrighted and trademarked content CNN says Perplexity has unlawfully copied, including over 17,000 CNN stories, videos, images, and other works to power its products and tools."

"CNN's complaint was accompanied by two Statements of Relatedness declaring its lawsuit asserts copyright claims that overlap with the claims brought against the same Defendant by the Times and Tribune, and that these claims arise from substantially similar acts, including the Defendant's unauthorized use of CNN's content, including the articles and other content published on CNN's Digital Platforms, to power Defendant's generative artificial intelligence products and tools."

"We expect that there will be substantial overlap between the legal and factual issues among the cases and designating these cases as related would avoid duplicative efforts, expenses and burdens on the Court, the motions added, noting that the law firm representing CNN was also counsel for the plaintiffs in the Times and Tribune cases."

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