BBC threatens legal action against AI startup Perplexity over content scraping, FT reports
Key takeaways:
- The BBC has threatened to sue Perplexity for allegedly scraping its content to train AI models.
- The broadcaster demands that Perplexity stop scraping, delete existing data, and offer financial compensation.
- The BBC claims its content was copied verbatim and used without permission.
- Perplexity denies the allegations and calls the BBC’s claims manipulative and based on a misunderstanding of technology and law.
- Perplexity is backed by big investors and is in talks to raise $500 million at a $14 billion valuation.
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