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BBC Hits AI Startup Perplexity With Legal Threat Over Content Scraping Concerns
The BBC has sent a legal threat to Perplexity, citing allegations that the AI startup is scraping the British national broadcaster's content.
The broadcaster demanded that San Francisco-based Perplexity cease its use of BBC content, deletes copies of material, and offers “financial compensation” for the alleged IP infringement. The company told the FT that the BBC’s claims were “manipulative and opportunistic,” showcasing a “fundamental misunderstanding” of tech and IP laws. In an interview at Bloomberg’s Tech Summit this month, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said the AI tool had 30M queries a day and its growth had been “phenomenal.”
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