jeudi 27 juin 2024

Perplexity AI: the answer engine with a lot of question marks

Perplexity AI: the answer engine with a lot of question marks
Vector collage of the Perplexity logo.
The Verge

The startup's web scraping has raised more than a few eyebrows.

Perplexity, which offers an AI search product that it calls an “answer engine,” is a buzzy AI startup embroiled in scandal following accusations that it rips off content, doesn’t respect robots.txt files, and even plagiarizes articles.

The company, which has already received funding from the likes of Jeff Bezos and is in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars more, advertises on its website that “every answer” is “backed by citations from trusted news outlets, academic papers, and established blogs.

However, plagiarism and paywall problems have made Perplexity a lightning rod for media industry frustrations as it attempts to overtake Google for the future of search on the internet.

Here’s our coverage of the ongoing developments.

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