FILE PHOTO: Perplexity AI application icon is seen in this illustration taken January 4, 2024. - Reuters
TOKYO: Three Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper companies have filed a lawsuit against a US startup company that allegedly used a large number of Yomiuri Shimbun articles and images for a generative AI-powered search engine without permission.
The Yomiuri Shimbun; The Yomiuri Shimbun, Osaka; and The Yomiuri Shimbun, Seibu filed the lawsuit demanding that Perplexity AI stop using the newspaper’s articles and seeking damages of about ¥2.17 billion (US$1.47 million) in the Tokyo District Court on Aug 7. The three companies are under The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings.
