After attacking OpenAI, the New York Times threatens Perplexity

By the Wall Street Journal show up This Tuesday, October 15, that his competitor the New York Times had formally notified Perplexity.

The newspaper wants the generative AI startup, funded among others by Jeff Bezos, to stop accessing its content and use it to train its models and create new content. creation

According to the Wall Street Journal, the letter from the newspaper’s lawyers accuses the complexity of using its content, including creating summaries and results. another, thus violating his rights under copyright law.

« Complexity and its business partners have been unjustly enriched by their unauthorized use of the Times’ thoughtful, carefully written, researched and edited journalism. » explains the letter.

Asked by the Wall Street Journal, Preplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas assures that his company “ very willing to work with all publishers, including the New York Times “. He said: “ we are not interested in being anyone’s enemy ».

In December 2023, the newspaper began a lawsuit against OpenAI this time.