May 18, 2026
The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune on Friday urged a New York federal judge to reject Perplexity AI's bid to pare down their copyright and trademark lawsuits, arguing the company cannot blame users for allegedly infringing outputs generated by a system Perplexity itself built with copied news content.
March 02, 2026
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI Inc. is asking a New York federal court to dismiss parts of a pair of lawsuits brought by The New York Times and Chicago Tribune claiming its search engine spits out verbatim portions of their writing, arguing the suits contain no allegations that Perplexity was acting with volition.
December 05, 2025
Adding to the heap of pending federal court cases launched by publishers against artificial intelligence companies, The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sued Perplexity AI in New York, claiming its search engine illegally scrapes content from their websites and spits out portions verbatim.