Major Japan newspaper sues 'free-riding' AI firm Perplexity
15 days ago
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- Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun sues U.S. AI firm Perplexity for allegedly using its content without permission.
- The lawsuit seeks ¥2.2 billion ($14.7 million) in damages for 120,000 articles used between February and June.
- Yomiuri claims Perplexity's actions reduce traffic to its website, impacting advertising revenue.
- This is the first major lawsuit by a Japanese news organization against an AI firm.
- Perplexity previously criticized media lawsuits as 'shortsighted, unnecessary, and self-defeating.'
- Yomiuri Shimbun has a daily circulation of around 6 million, down from over 10 million in 2010.