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. Leia mais →

A U.S. magistrate judge has ordered OpenAI to provide a sample of 20 million ChatGPT conversation logs to plaintiffs in a copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times. The ruling asserts that user privacy will be protected through de‑identification safeguards, but OpenAI argues the demand threatens user trust and conflicts with its privacy commitments. The company has seven days to comply, while it continues to appeal the order. The case highlights the tension between legal discovery in AI copyright disputes and the industry’s broader privacy norms. Leia mais →