Perplexity AI is the latest artificial intelligence company to be hit with a lawsuit by copyright holders alleging infringement after Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster accused it of misusing their content in its "answer engine" for internet searches.
The reference companies alleged in New York federal court on Wednesday that Perplexity unlawfully copied their material and diminished their revenue by redirecting their web traffic to its AI-generated summaries.
Perplexity's "answer engine" searches the internet for users and summarizes what it finds, providing an AI-based alternative to traditional search engines like Google. The lawsuit said Perplexity's system "free rides" on Britannica and Merriam-Webster's work by summarizing their articles and diverting traffic that would otherwise go to their websites.
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