Condé Nast, the media conglomerate that owns publications such as The New Yorker, Fashion and With cablehas sent a cease and desist letter to ai-powered search startup Perplexity, ai-search-engine-perplexity” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:according;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>according to InformationThe letter, sent Monday, demands that Perplexity stop using content from Condé Nast publications in its ai-generated responses and accused the startup of plagiarism.
The move makes Condé Nast the latest in a growing list of publishers taking a stand against unauthorized use of their content by artificial intelligence companies, and comes a month after ai-legal-action-copyright” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:similar action;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Similar action taken by ForbesPerplexity and Condé Nast did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Engadget.
Perplexity, a San Francisco-based startup valued at $3 billion and backed by high-profile investors including the Jeff Bezos family fund and NVIDIA, has recently come under scrutiny for flouting copyrights and copying content to feed its ai-generated responses. The controversy surrounding the company extends beyond copyright concerns.
A recent investigation by With cable He was delighted that the startup's web crawlers do not respect robots.txt, a type of file that website owners can use to prevent bots from crawling their content. Last month, amazon Web Services reportedly launched an investigation into whether the startup violated its rules on web scraping. Shortly afterward, a technology/artificial-intelligence/multiple-ai-companies-bypassing-web-standard-scrape-publisher-sites-licensing-2024-06-21/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:report;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>report of Reuters showed that Perplexity was just one of many ai companies ignoring robots.txt.
This practice has raised concerns about the ethical and legal implications of ai development and its impact on content creators and publishers. In response, Perplexity executives ai/perplexity-planning-revenue-sharing-program-with-web-publishers-next-month/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:have talked;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>I have spoken about starting a revenue-sharing program with publishers, although it is not yet clear what its terms will be.
Roger Lynch, CEO of Condé Nast ai-senate/” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:has warned;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>has warned Lynch has warned that “many” media companies could face financial ruin once litigation against generative ai companies is concluded. Lynch has called on Congress to take “immediate action” by requiring ai companies to compensate publishers for use of their content and to enter into licensing agreements in the future. Earlier this month, three senators introduced the COPIED Act, a bill that seeks to protect journalists, artists and songwriters from ai companies that use their content to train ai models.
