Perplexity vs. CNN copyright dispute

Perplexity AI argues in court that facts cannot be copyrighted, defending against CNN's lawsuit over alleged content scraping.

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1. RegulationMay 28, 2026, 07:00 AM

   Perplexity AI argues facts cannot be copyrighted in defense against CNN lawsuit

   Perplexity AI argues in court that facts cannot be copyrighted, defending against CNN's lawsuit over alleged content scraping.

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2. 1 day later
   RegulationMay 29, 2026, 07:00 AM

   CNN files lawsuit against Perplexity over unauthorized AI training data usage.

   CNN has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity, accusing the AI search startup of scraping its content without permission to train models.

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