Perplexity, an AI search engine, is facing backlash for allegedly plagiarizing content from news outlets like Forbes and Bloomberg. The CEO acknowledged the issue with the Pages feature lacking proper attribution. The startup has been a significant referral source for Forbes and other publishers, but its actions have sparked a debate on AI ethics and integrity in journalism.
Sneak peak into the latest edition of The Prompt: Perplexity's plagiarism of Forbes content is "the perfect case study for this critical moment” in AI, which has far-reaching implications across the publishing industry and beyond, Forbes Chief Content Officer @RandallLane wrote.… https://t.co/FB8QyfxlqZ
🤖🇺🇸 Perplexity AI’s Cynical Theft: A Cautionary Tale for AI Ethics! Forbes reveals how Perplexity AI not only plagiarized content but boldly repurposed it across multiple platforms without proper credit, sparking a crucial debate on AI integrity. https://t.co/JDGl1niGnH
Perplexity’s knock off of our reporting feels like a crystallization of the "Can journalism survive AI?" convo. The company took our paywalled work, without our permission, and competitively broadcast it across web, video, mobile — as though it were itself a media outlet. https://t.co/kEi15MYOQI
Perplexity CEO @AravSrinivas claims his startup, which all but plagiarized our work, is the No. 2 referral source for Forbes (behind only Wikipedia). Fact check: @Perplexity_ai is our 54th biggest referral traffic source in terms of users — or just 0.014%.https://t.co/i0kIVU5ndu
"@Perplexity_ai generated more readers from the one Schmidt story it plagiarized from Forbes than it sent to Forbes from any and every post for the entire month of May." By, @RandallLane, chief content officer and editor of @Forbes: https://t.co/i0kIVU5ndu
In the latest edition of AInsights, I explore @perplexity_ai's new Pages feature, which combines AI-powered answers and research, expert curation, and publishing! 🤯 Thoughts and examples here 👉 https://t.co/LH8SnuOZr0 https://t.co/IVtPRlvZgw
The biggest problem with Perplexity is that it is always timed out. It doesn’t have infrastructure scale to actually answer questions. I wish they paid attention to user experience and uptime versus focusing on click bait publishers like Entrepreneur and Forbes. https://t.co/46qEFAPX7D
Interesting new development for publishers appearing in Perplexity AI Answers and Pages… 👀 https://t.co/Q8EvSLUJDd
Perplexity has been the #2 referral source for Forbes (behind only Wikipedia) and the top referrer for other publishers. We have been working on new publisher engagement products and ways to align long-term incentives with media companies that will be announced soon. Stay tuned! https://t.co/4IWPT9VI42 https://t.co/Y2spv2l5Tb
Perplexity AI Plagiarizes Forbes? Excerpt: ‘In a post on X on Friday, a Forbes reporter pointed out similarities between a Perplexity news summary and a Forbes article. “You scraped and repurposed investigative reporting gathered over months, fleshed it out with re-blogs of the… https://t.co/MR6NgRHpq4
Just to add to the outrageousness of appropriating expensive reporting , this story leads the @perplexity_ai AI generated podcast, which ranks above the Forbes story on Google's video results for a search of the story....here there are NO links or references https://t.co/4TyMG3bTYN https://t.co/QcD6E7DdFC
Wait, the Pages feature is causing issues? I'm shocked :) Perplexity CEO said the new feature has "rough edges" -> AI search engine Perplexity is republishing parts of stories by Forbes and others, with nearly identical words and inadequate attribution, on its Pages feature "You… https://t.co/HBZlbtqKHt
AI Startup Perplexity Is Directly Ripping Off Content From News Outlets https://t.co/VxKg6vMsrb
Buzzy AI startup Perplexity under fire for allegedly plagiarizing news outlets like Forbes and Bloomberg 🤯 What's your take on this controversial issue? #AI #TechEthics #AInnovation @Forbes @business https://t.co/vTpKuQVUNa
AI search engine Perplexity is republishing parts of stories by Forbes and others, with nearly identical words and inadequate attribution, on its Pages feature (Forbes) https://t.co/6L8lwpRpNB 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/kRppxnYujK
AI search engine Perplexity is republishing parts of stories by Forbes and others, with nearly identical words and inadequate attribution, on its Pages feature (Forbes) https://t.co/ZQo5Nsq63l https://t.co/80Hn1XIT72