The New York Times asked Perplexity to stop using its content

Apparently, the New York Times has sent a letter to the artificial intelligence search engine startup Perplexity asking it not to use the site’s content. This startup also responded that the facts in the world are not subject to property rights.

The New York Times media says about the ban on the use of its content by the startup Perplexity:

“Perplexity and its business partners have been unfairly profiting from the Times’ expressive journalism, accurate investigative content, and edited journalism without permission.”

The New York Times has banned the use of its content to train artificial intelligence models. Now Perplexity search engine crawlers are also banned from accessing this site.

Perplexity comments on this New York Times statement

In a statement from Sarah Platnick, a spokeswoman for Perplexity, the startup says it won’t remove content for AI training, arguing that “no organization owns the copyright to the facts” to somehow defend Perplexity’s move to “publish true and correct content.” .

The startup plans to officially respond to the New York Times notice by October 30.

Perplexity has this to say:

“We believe in transparency and have a public page on our website that explains our content policies and how we use web content. We don’t collect data for base models, but instead index web pages and display actual content as citations to direct users to the correct answers when they ask a question. The law says that no organization owns the copyright on facts. This is what allows us to have a rich and open information ecosystem. “Not to mention, the law also allows news organizations to report on issues previously covered by another news agency.”

Following legal troubles over the summer, Perplexity struck deals with some publishers to share advertising revenue and subscriptions with Fortune, Time and The Texas Tribune.

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, has stated that he has “no interest in conflict with anyone” and is interested in “working with every single publisher, including the New York Times.”