The Wall Street Journal's parent company, Dow Jones, and the New York Post are suing AI-powered search startup Perplexity for using their content to train its large language models. Both News Corp. publications are accusing Perplexity of copyright infringement for using their articles to generate answers to people's queries,

AI start-up Perplexity is refuting copyright infringement allegations from News Corp, arguing that facts are not owned by corporations and cannot be copyrighted. News Corp's CEO, Robert Thomson, accuses Perplexity of abusing intellectual property and harming journalists by copying and repurposing copyrighted material without compensation.

Tesla, CEO Elon Musk and Warner Brothers Discovery used an AI image generation engine to mimic an image from the movie, the suit alleges.

It marks the latest chapter in the ongoing battle between tech giants and media companies over the use of copyrighted content to train AI systems.

Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and the New York Post have accused artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity of a “brazen scheme” to rip off their journalism for its AI-driven search engine in a lawsuit filed in New York on Monday.

News Corp's Dow Jones & Co. and the New York Post have sued AI startup Perplexity, alleging copyright infringement.

In copyright suit, News Corp titles say AI firm is stealing content and revenue, and asks court to block its use of their material.

News Corp is pursuing legal action against Perplexity AI, accusing the startup of illegally copying content from its outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post, to train its AI models and generate revenue at the expense of journalists and publishers.

Media conglomerate News Corp, the conglomerate that owns the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and a number of other media properties, is suing artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity over what it alleges is copyright infringement.

The suit alleges that Perplexity, which is an AI research and conversational search engine, draws on articles and other copyrighted content from the publishers to feed into its pr