UK broadcaster BBC is threatening legal action against AI search engine Perplexity accusing the startup of training its “default AI model” using BBC content, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
In a letter to Perplexity Chief Executive Aravind Srinivas seen by the FT, BBC said it may seek an injunction unless the AI firm stops scraping its content, deletes existing copies used to train its AI systems, and submits “a proposal for financial compensation” for the alleged misuse of its intellectual property.
Perplexity called BBC’s claims…
