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NYT sends AI startup Perplexity 'cease and desist' notice over content use, WSJ reports
Oct 15 (Reuters) - The New York Times has sent generative AI startup Perplexity a "cease and desist" notice demanding the company stop using its content, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The letter from the news publisher said the way Perplexity was using its content, including to create summaries and other types of output, violates its rights under copyright law, the report said. Perplexity and New York Times did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Advertisement · Scroll to continue NYT is also tussling with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which it had sued late last year, accusing the firm of using millions of its newspaper articles without permission to train its AI chatbot. Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab
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NYT sends AI startup Perplexity 'cease and desist' notice over content use, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The New York Times has sent generative AI startup Perplexity a "cease and desist" notice demanding the company stop using its content, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The letter from the news publisher said the way Perplexity was using its content, including to create summaries and other types of output, violates its rights under copyright law, the report said. Perplexity and New York Times did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. NYT is also tussling with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which it had sued late last year, accusing the firm of using millions of its newspaper articles without permission to train its AI chatbot. (Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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NYT Sends AI Startup Perplexity 'Cease and Desist' Notice Over Content Use, WSJ Reports
(Reuters) - The New York Times has sent generative AI startup Perplexity a "cease and desist" notice demanding the company stop using its content, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The letter from the news publisher said the way Perplexity was using its content, including to create summaries and other types of output, violates its rights under copyright law, the report said. Perplexity and New York Times did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. NYT is also tussling with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, which it had sued late last year, accusing the firm of using millions of its newspaper articles without permission to train its AI chatbot. (Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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New York Times Sends Perplexity Cease-and-Desist Over AI Scraping
The New York Times has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jeff Bezos-backed Perplexity demanding the AI startup stop using its content, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal published Tuesday. "Perplexity and its business partners have been unjustly enriched by using, without authorization, The Times's expressive, carefully written and researched, and edited journalism without a license," the newspaper wrote in its legal letter, which gives Perplexity a deadline of Oct. 30 to respond. The paper accuses Perplexity of circumventing its anti-scraping and anti-bot measures. Its robots.txt page specifically disallows "PerplexityBot," the startup's scraping bot, though it's unclear if Perplexity uses others, as well, or other intermediary methods that indirectly pull from the outlet's content like a pre-collected dataset (PCMag's own robots.txt also disallows Perplexity). Robots.txt pages are rules that can be broken, however. So even if a site has one, "bad" bots can still scrape it. In response, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the firm wants to collaborate with the Times. "We are very much interested in working with every single publisher, including The New York Times," Srinivas told WSJ. "We have no interest in being anyone's antagonist here." In June, a Perplexity rep told PCMag via email that its PerplexityBot "respects robots.txt." Because the bot runs on Amazon Web Services, Perplexity also said its scraping bot isn't "crawling in any way that violates AWS Terms of Service." But some tech and AI firms have also taken the stance that scraping any site they want constitutes "fair use," though that has yet to be proven in court. Many AI firms may also be desperate for fresh, human-generated data pilfered for free. One professor has warned that AI companies are "running out of text" on which to train their chatbots. Regardless of what Perplexity says it is or isn't doing, news outlets aren't happy. Condé Nast, which owns Wired, The New Yorker, and Vogue, previously sent Perplexity a cease and desist, alleging it's been scraping its sites and using that content for its own financial gain. Forbes has also fired shots at the AI firm, accusing it of theft and creating "knockoff stories" based on Forbes articles. Other AI firms have also come under fire for using copyrighted content without consent or payment. While many continue to scrape the web anyway, some have decided to strike content licensing deals with news outlets too. Associated Press, The Atlantic, Financial Times, Semafor, Business Insider, Dotdash Meredith, Vox Media, and even the WSJ itself are all part of AI licensing deals struck by their respective leaders or parent companies. Other news outlets, however, are trying to hold AI firms accountable for swiping their content without permission. The New York Times filed its lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft late last year, and remains ongoing. They've since exchanged some public jabs, with OpenAI accusing NYT of "hacking" ChatGPT, which the paper denies. Microsoft, similarly, has defended OpenAI, claiming the paper is boosting "doomsday futurology" with the lawsuit. In April, a collection of over half a dozen newspapers including the Orange County Register and the New York Daily News also sued OpenAI and Microsoft for similar reasons. Perplexity, specifically, has been criticized for using news outlets' stories to generate its own, without adequately citing or linking to its source material in a way that's clearly visible. Unsurprisingly, however, Perplexity doesn't see it that way.
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The New York Times has sent a cease-and-desist notice to AI startup Perplexity, demanding they stop using NYT content for AI-generated summaries and outputs, citing copyright violations.
The New York Times (NYT) has escalated its fight against unauthorized use of its content by artificial intelligence companies. The renowned news publisher has sent a cease-and-desist notice to Perplexity, a generative AI startup, demanding that the company stop using NYT's content 1.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the letter from NYT alleges that Perplexity's use of its content, particularly for creating summaries and other types of output, violates the publisher's rights under copyright law 2. This move highlights the growing tension between traditional media outlets and AI companies over the use of copyrighted material in training and generating AI content.
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has expressed a willingness to collaborate with publishers, including the New York Times. "We are very much interested in working with every single publisher, including The New York Times," Srinivas told WSJ. "We have no interest in being anyone's antagonist here." 4
This legal action is part of a larger trend of media companies challenging AI firms' use of their content. The New York Times is already engaged in a legal battle with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, over similar issues 3. Other publishers, including Condé Nast and Forbes, have also sent cease-and-desist notices to Perplexity, accusing the company of scraping their sites and using the content for financial gain 4.
While some AI companies continue to scrape web content, others have opted to form content licensing deals with news outlets. Associated Press, The Atlantic, Financial Times, and several other major publications have entered into such agreements with AI firms 4.
The dispute raises questions about the interpretation of "fair use" in the context of AI training data. Some tech and AI firms argue that web scraping falls under fair use, though this stance has yet to be legally validated. The situation also highlights the challenges AI companies face in obtaining fresh, human-generated data for training their models 4.
As the AI industry continues to evolve, these legal challenges are likely to shape the future landscape of content usage, copyright law, and the relationship between traditional media and emerging AI technologies.
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|NYT Sends AI Startup Perplexity 'Cease and Desist' Notice Over Content Use, WSJ ReportsPerplexity AI, an AI-powered search engine, has announced a revenue-sharing partnership with publishers following accusations of plagiarism. This move aims to address concerns and establish a more collaborative relationship with content creators.
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OpenAI has signed a groundbreaking deal with Condé Nast to incorporate content from prestigious publications like Vogue and The New Yorker into its AI models. This partnership aims to enhance AI-generated content and improve information access.
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OpenAI has formed a significant content partnership with Hearst, allowing integration of Hearst's newspaper and magazine content into OpenAI's AI products, including ChatGPT. This move marks a growing trend of collaboration between AI companies and traditional media publishers.
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A group of authors has filed a lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement in the training of their AI chatbot Claude. The case highlights growing concerns over AI's use of copyrighted material.
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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has responded to copyright infringement lawsuits filed by authors, denying allegations and asserting fair use. The case highlights the ongoing debate surrounding AI and intellectual property rights.
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