The New York Times is suing Perplexity for copyright infringement | TechCrunch

""Perplexity provides commercial products to its own users that substitute for the outlet, without permission or remuneration.""

""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,""

""We will continue to work to hold companies accountable that refuse to recognize the value of our work.""

""Perplexity then repackages the original content in written responses to users,""

The New York Times filed a copyright infringement suit against Perplexity, alleging the startup uses Times content without permission or remuneration to power commercial AI products. The Times joined other publishers, including the Chicago Tribune, pursuing similar litigation while some outlets simultaneously negotiate licensing deals with AI firms. Publishers are using lawsuits as leverage to secure formal licenses and compensation to preserve the economic viability of original journalism. Perplexity has launched a Publishers' Program and Comet Plus to share revenue with participating outlets and struck a licensing deal with Getty Images, while continuing retrieval-augmented generation that aggregates and repackages web content into AI responses.

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