AI LAWSUITS
Paywall? Never heard of her
The BBC is threatening legal action against AI search engine Perplexity, claiming it used BBC content to train its default AI model.
In a letter seen by The Financial Times, the broadcaster asked Perplexity to stop scraping its content, delete any existing data, and offer financial compensation.
Perplexity hit back, calling the claims “manipulative” and saying the BBC misunderstood how tech and copyright work.
This isn’t the first time Perplexity has come under fire.
What to know:
The BBC wants scraping to stop, data deleted, and compensation paid.
Perplexity says the BBC is misinformed and unfair.
It’s part of a bigger battle between publishers and AI platforms over content use.
Perplexity’s PR team must be tired
Forbes, Wired, and The New York Times have all raised similar complaints, with some sending cease and desist letters.
Perplexity has since launched a revenue-sharing scheme to try and smooth things over.
BBC dragging Perplexity like it’s a Twitter thread.