New York Times Sues Perplexity Officially: Nearly 180,000 Crawls, RAG Output Accused of Nearly Word-for-Word Copying
The New York Times sues AI search firm Perplexity for unauthorized copying and distribution of its copyrighted news and videos, seeking an injunction and damages. This marks the newspaper's second copyright lawsuit against generative AI, following a case against OpenAI and Microsoft last year. The complaint alleges Perplexity's RAG technology outputs content nearly identical to the original, with over 175,000 crawl requests to the Times' site in ....