Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched an investigation into Perplexity AI, an AI search startup backed by the Bezos family and Nvidia, over potential violations of AWS rules. The inquiry focuses on whether Perplexity AI used an AWS-hosted server to scrape websites that attempted to prevent such actions. This investigation follows a report from WIRED that revealed the use of a secret AWS-hosted virtual machine by Perplexity AI to conduct the scraping activities. Amazon emphasizes that clients must respect the robots.txt file, which indicates which parts of a website can be accessed by web crawlers. Perplexity AI has a $3B valuation.
Amazon is investigating Perplexity over whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that attempted to prevent it from doing so (Wired) https://t.co/Cg6DkYLLdQ https://t.co/Dq8RfEMVsM
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AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations. https://t.co/atwJmKbW9n
🤖🇺🇸 Amazon Investigates Perplexity AI for Alleged Scraping Violations! 🚨 AWS queries if Perplexity is unlawfully mining data from sites that ban bots, despite a $3B valuation and top-tier backers like Nvidia. This could be a turning point in AI ethics! https://t.co/zfzTiWJgDY
NEW: Perplexity was using a secret AWS-hosted virtual machine to scrape the web. Major newsroom we spoke to observed its IP address in their server logs. Now Amazon is investigating. w/ @AndrewCouts https://t.co/kbWMtPoPRl
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Amazon’s cloud division has launched an investigation into Perplexity AI, to determine whether the AI search startup is violating AWS rules by scraping websites that tried to prevent it from doing so https://t.co/mUu9NAikBJ via @AndrewCouts @dmehro
AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations. https://t.co/yKG9PTgEhc
The AI community is buzzing about the recent inquiry into potential rules violations after AWS hosted a server used for scraping major sites backed by Bezos and Nvidia. 🤖🔍 #AI #AWS #TechNews https://t.co/oi5Wo7l7aV
NEW from @AndrewCouts and @dmehro: Amazon Web Services is investigating Perplexity following a WIRED investigation into the “answer engine.” Clients must, Amazon tells WIRED, respect robots.txt: https://t.co/lZOvl7I3V8