Get the latest tech news

The New York Times warns AI search engine Perplexity to stop using its content


Perplexity argues it’s “surfacing factual content.”

The New York Times has demanded that AI search engine startup Perplexity stop using content from its site in a cease and desist letter sent to the company, reports The Wall Street Journal. We aren’t scraping data for building foundation models, but rather indexing web pages and surfacing factual content as citations to inform responses when a user asks a question. Following the plagiarism accusations over the summer, Perplexity made some publisher deals, offering ad revenue and free subscriptions to partners that include Fortune, Time, and The Texas Tribune.

Get the Android app

Or read this on The Verge

Read more on:

Photo of New York Times

New York Times

Photo of content

content

Related news:

News photo

The New York Times has had it with generative AI companies using its content

News photo

I think content is a bad business

News photo

OpenAI will bring Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst’s content to ChatGPT