Condé Nast accuses Perplexity of plagiarism in cease-and-desist letter
Condé Nast, the media conglomerate, sent a cease-and-desist letter to AI search startup Perplexity, accusing it of plagiarism for using content from its publications in AI-generated responses without permission. The letter demands that Perplexity stop using the content. Perplexity has been criticized for ignoring robots.txt and scraping content. The incident highlights ongoing tensions between publishers and AI companies over unauthorized use of content.
- Date it happened
- 2024-07-22
- Organisation involved
- Perplexity
- Product, system or model
- Perplexity
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