The BBC has issued a legal threat to US-based tech startup Perplexity AI, alleging unauthorized use of its copyrighted news content to train the company’s AI models. The broadcaster has demanded that Perplexity either halt all scraping of BBC content, delete any stored material, or propose financial compensation. This move comes amid industry-wide pushback against lax copyright and content-scraping practices by AI developers, and follows similar legal action by other publishers against the tech sector. The dispute is set against wider debates in the UK and US over how AI firms should acquire and use third-party content, with increasing calls for explicit permission and equitable licensing deals.
BBC Considers Lawsuit Against AI Firm Perplexity Over Alleged Content Scraping
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