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Incident 1294: The New York Times Sued Perplexity for Allegedly Using Copyrighted Content and Generating False Attributions

Description: On December 5, 2025, The New York Times sued Perplexity, alleging the company used copyrighted Times articles without permission to train its AI system and generated outputs that reproduced Times content or falsely attributed fabricated information to the newspaper. The suit claims the conduct harmed the Times's business and brand. Perplexity denies wrongdoing.

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Alleged: Perplexity AI , Perplexity AI search engine and Perplexity AI LLM developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Writers , The New York Times , publishers , Journalistic integrity , Journalism and Epistemic integrity.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Perplexity AI , Perplexity AI search engine and Perplexity AI LLM

Incident Stats

Incident ID
1294
Report Count
6
Incident Date
2025-12-05
Editors
Daniel Atherton

Incident Reports

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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of contentWhy news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to winChicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringementThe New York Times v. Perplexity AI: New Frontiers in IP and AI
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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work

nytimes.com

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The New York Times sues Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement

The New York Times sues Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement

cnbc.com

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New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of content

New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of content

reuters.com

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Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win

Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win

npr.org

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Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement

axios.com

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The New York Times v. Perplexity AI: New Frontiers in IP and AI

The New York Times v. Perplexity AI: New Frontiers in IP and AI

jdsupra.com

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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
nytimes.com · 2025

The New York Times claimed in a lawsuit on Friday that its copyrights were repeatedly violated by Perplexity, an artificial intelligence start-up that has built a cutting-edge internet search engine.

The Times said in its lawsuit that it ha…

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The New York Times sues Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement
cnbc.com · 2025

The New York Times on Friday filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, alleging the artificial intelligence startup has illegally copied and distributed its copyrighted content.

The suit, filed in the Southern District of New York, accuses Perple…

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New York Times sues Perplexity AI for 'illegal' copying of content
reuters.com · 2025

Dec 5 (Reuters) - The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Friday, claiming that the artificial intelligence startup was copying, distributing and displaying millions of its articles without permission to power its genera…

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Why news organizations are suing AI companies, and what they hope to win
npr.org · 2025

The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity last week, the latest in a series of publishers suing AI companies in a bid to set boundaries around a new technology powered by information.

AILSA CHANG, HOST:

The New York Times and C…

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Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringement
axios.com · 2025

The Chicago Tribune is the latest media organization to sue an AI company for what it says is copyright infringement.

Why it matters: Media outlets argue AI is the latest assault on the newspaper industry. The Tribune's complaint against Pe…

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The New York Times v. Perplexity AI: New Frontiers in IP and AI
jdsupra.com · 2025

The New York Times recently filed a major lawsuit against the artificial intelligence platform Perplexity AI for infringement of intellectual property rights. The importance of this lawsuit lies in the fact that it does not rely solely on "…

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