AI dev Pralexity sued by CNN over claims of copyrighted material
WASHINGTON – Legal issues continue to emerge as AI companies use data from major publishers and there is much debate over how specialized and curated content is used in training and AI-generated outputs.
Amid ongoing challenges, CNN Filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI company. Confusion AIaccused it of using and distributing CNN news content without permission through its AI platform. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a New York court, alleges that Perplexity removed and reproduced CNN’s journalistic content, including more than 17,000 articles, as well as related photos, videos and other media assets.
Several media giants have taken similar action, arguing that AI tools are increasingly relying on copyrighted journalism without proper licensing or compensation. At the heart of the argument is how news content is being consumed in the age of AI. Publishers say their reporting is being repackaged and redistributed at scale, while AI firms say their systems are built on using publicly available information and legal data.
A CNN spokesperson said the lawsuit is about making sure big technology companies don’t profit from journalistic work without fair payment. The statement also highlighted the costs and risks involved in producing credible reporting, arguing that professional journalism requires fair compensation when used commercially.
A worried AI pushed back on the claims. The company’s top eagle said the facts could not be copyrighted, arguing that the information itself was not protected under copyright law. Court filings also reveal that CNN tried to negotiate a content licensing deal with Perplexity last year, but talks between the two sides ultimately did not result in an agreement.
The New York Times Previously supported by ChatGPT. Open AI And Microsoft in court In 2023 The NYT has alleged that millions of its articles were used to train AI models without permission, and that tools like ChatGPT and Copilot sometimes reproduce or closely mirror its reporting. The case is still in pretrial stages, with disputes over access to user logs and key claims such as contributory infringement. A settlement is widely expected, possibly including licensing agreements.
At the heart of these controversies are two key questions, whether training AI models on copyrighted material qualifies as fair use, and whether AI systems that reproduce or closely describe news content violate copyright law.
AI companies say training on publicly available data is transformative and legally protected, while publishers claim it amounts to a massive unauthorized use of journalism that hurts their revenue.
The legal fallout from these cases is expected to change how AI systems are trained, pushing the industry toward greater use of data based on licensing rather than open scraping.
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