New York Times Sues AI Company Perplexity for Copyright Infringement

The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity. The newspaper accuses the company of illegally using its copyrighted news articles to train AI models. The lawsuit was filed in United States federal court on Friday. It claims Perplexity’s AI systems copied and learned from Times journalism without permission or payment. This legal action is part of a larger conflict between media companies and AI developers. The Times case now joins more than 40 other active lawsuits where copyright owners are challenging AI firms over the use of their creative work. The outcome could help define the legal boundaries for training AI technology. It raises critical questions about how these systems use existing books, articles, and other media.