CNN Sues Perplexity for Scraping 17,000 Articles — First TV Network AI Copyright Lawsuit

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CNN filed suit against Perplexity in the Southern District of New York, accusing the AI search startup of scraping over 17,000 stories, photos, and videos to generate 'verbatim' copies of reporting without payment or attribution. This is the first AI copyright action by a television network. CNN previously sought a content deal with Perplexity but failed to agree on terms. Perplexity faces similar suits from The New York Times and Chicago Tribune.