Publishers are in a dispute with AI search engine Perplexity over the use of their information. Perplexity, a billion-dollar AI company backed by the Bezos family and Nvidia, is under investigation by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for allegedly scraping content from major news outlets. A WIRED investigation revealed that Perplexity used a secret AWS-hosted virtual machine to scrape websites, prompting AWS to remind clients to respect robots.txt files. Perplexity is accused of plagiarizing directly from several news outlets. Perplexity spokesperson Sara Platnick stated that the company believes its services do not violate AWS terms of service.
Perplexity spokesperson Sara Platnick said Friday that the company had determined that Perplexity-controlled services are not crawling websites in any way that violates AWS terms of service. #Perplexity #AI #Amazon https://t.co/K14KyPvSC3
Amazon is on the lookout 👀 AI startup Perplexity is in hot water over 'scraping' controversy. How can companies navigate tech ethics in today's digital age? #AI #TechEthics @awscloud https://t.co/x2PvCEXOUw
Perplexity, the billion dollar AI company that has plagiarized us and other outlets, is now in hot water with Amazon for arguably illegal business practices. https://t.co/LAJBZW7IkW
#AI-powered search portal Perplexity is under the scanner for allegedly plagiarising directly from several news outlets and platforms https://t.co/GCo7Ns4Xob
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
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
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
Publishers battle with AI search engine Perplexity over information use - Axios https://t.co/lXxKcQYOZp
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