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BBC plans legal action against AI startup Perplexity for unauthorized content scraping

Summary: In a first for the tech industry, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is threatening legal action against artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity, alleging that its 'default AI model' used BBC content for training. BBC has evidence to support their claim and demands Perplexity cease scraping their content and propose an 'economic compensation plan' to ...

In a first for the tech industry, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is threatening legal action against artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity, alleging that its 'default AI model' used BBC content for training. BBC has evidence to support their claim and demands Perplexity cease scraping their content and propose an 'economic compensation plan' to address intellectual property infringement, or face potential court injunctions. (Financial Times)

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