AI and Advanced Technologies

New York Courts Become Pressure Chamber for AI as NYT and Tribune Sue Perplexity

The New York Times and Chicago Tribune have sued Perplexity AI in New York federal court, alleging the startup unlawfully scraped millions of copyrighted articles — including paywalled content — to power its AI search engine and chat tools. The complaint asserts that Perplexity repackaged the journalism “verbatim or near verbatim” and, at times, falsely attributed fabricated content to the newspapers, threatening both revenue and journalistic integrity.

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