The New York Times has filed a lawsuit in a New York federal court accusing AI startup Perplexity of copying and distributing its articles without permission. The suit alleges that Perplexity’s crawlers deliberately ignored technical safeguards, such as robots.txt, to harvest content that the Times says is reproduced verbatim or in substantially similar form. The legal action follows earlier cease‑and‑desist notices and comes amid a broader wave of publisher lawsuits targeting AI firms for alleged copyright violations. Read more →

The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune have each filed lawsuits against the AI company Perplexity, alleging that the firm scraped their content without permission and reproduced it in its generative AI products. The newspapers claim the unauthorized use damages their brands and infringes on millions of copyrighted works. These actions add to a growing wave of legal disputes between media outlets and artificial‑intelligence developers over the use of copyrighted material for training and output generation. Read more →

The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, has asked major AI developers to stop scraping the encyclopedia’s data for free and instead pay to use its Enterprise API. The nonprofit argues that AI models need high‑quality, human‑curated information, but the massive traffic and server load caused by unsanctioned scraping threaten Wikipedia’s sustainability. While some companies, including Google, previously reached commercial agreements, many have not responded to the request. The foundation’s appeal adds to a broader movement by online publishers seeking compensation for the use of their content by AI systems. Read more →

The Wikimedia Foundation announced that it expects AI developers to access Wikipedia content through its paid Wikimedia Enterprise platform rather than scraping the site. The move aims to ensure proper attribution, reduce server strain, and support the nonprofit’s mission as human page views decline. The foundation emphasized that generative‑AI tools should credit Wikipedia contributors and direct users back to the source, warning that continued scraping could impact volunteer engagement and donor support. Read more →