New York Times Issues “Cease And Desist” Notice To AI Startup Perplexity Over Content Use
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. Since the introduction of ChatGPT, publishers have been raising the alarm on chatbots which can comb the internet to find information and create paragraph summaries for the user. Perplexity and the New York Times did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. NYT is also tussling with OpenAI, which it had sued late… Read More »New York Times Issues “Cease And Desist” Notice To AI Startup Perplexity Over Content Use