The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune have filed separate lawsuits against Perplexity over alleged copyright infringement. The Times class=”link rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link” href=”https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=c813ae39-7d58-41cb-ac66-ad830606ceef&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&contentUuid=6fdd646f-f2ac-40dc-86d7-a25e96690acb&featureId=text-link&merchantName=The+New+York+Times&linkText=said&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDI1LzEyLzA1L3RlY2hub2xvZ3kvbmV3LXlvcmstdGltZXMtcGVycGxleGl0eS1haS1sYXdzdWl0Lmh0bWwiLCJjb250ZW50VXVpZCI6IjZmZGQ2NDZmLWYyYWMtNDBkYy04NmQ3LWEyNWU5NjY5MGFjYiIsIm9yaWdpbmFsVXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNS8xMi8wNS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L25ldy15b3JrLXRpbWVzLXBlcnBsZXhpdHktYWktbGF3c3VpdC5odG1sIn0&signature=AQAAAfSuVsew9F-otmqDn9dUt7Shz53Z1aliibkYMqUlF2iy&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F12%2F05%2Ftechnology%2Fnew-york-times-perplexity-ai-lawsuit.html&spaceId=1197802876″ data-i13n=”elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The New York Times;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:said;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The New York Times;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>said it had sent Perplexity several cease-and-desist demands to class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-new-york-times-tells-perplexity-to-stop-using-its-content-175853131.html” data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ data-ylk=”slk:stop using its content;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>stop using its content until the two reached an agreement, but the AI company persisted in doing so.
In the lawsuit [ class=”link ” href=”https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2025/12/NYT-Perplexity-Filing-Dec-2025.pdf” data-i13n=”cpos:3;pos:1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:PDF;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>PDF], the Times accused Perplexity of infringing on its copyrights at two main stages. First, by scraping its website (including in real time) to train AI models and feed content into the…
