**Chicago Tribune Sues Perplexity Over Copyright Infringement**<\/p>\n
The Chicago Tribune has filed a lawsuit against AI search startup Perplexity AI, alleging widespread copyright infringement. The complaint, lodged in federal court, accuses Perplexity of scraping the Tribune’s content without permission or compensation, and then republishing it as its own “answers” to user queries, often without proper attribution.<\/p>\n
This action follows similar legal challenges from other prominent news organizations, including The New York Times, which have also accused AI companies of unlawfully using their copyrighted material to train large language models and generate responses. The Tribune’s lawsuit highlights instances where Perplexity’s AI-generated summaries directly mirror the newspaper’s original reporting, effectively undermining its subscription model and the value of its journalism.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit seeks damages and an injunction to prevent Perplexity from continuing to use the Tribune’s copyrighted content. It underscores the growing tension between publishers and AI developers over intellectual property rights, as the media industry grapples with how to protect its content in the age of generative AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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