NYT, Chicago Tribune Sue Perplexity Over 'Verbatim' Outputs

By Elliot Weld ( December 5, 2025, 4:05 PM EST) -- 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....

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