Perplexity AI has responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Dow Jones & Company and NYP Holdings, defending its AI-enhanced search engine practices and addressing claims about unauthorized content usage.

The lawsuit claims Perplexity built its success by exploiting valuable content from outlets like the New York Post and Wall Street Journal without proper licensing. However, Perplexity maintains that its technology represents a transformative way for people to access and learn facts, operating within established legal frameworks.

Key points from Perplexity's response:

• The company provides in-line citations for all information sources
• They have existing revenue-sharing agreements with major publishers including TIME and Fortune
• Perplexity claims they did respond to News Corp's outreach on the same day
• They remain open to working with the Post and Journal "in good faith"

Perplexity argues that media companies opposing AI technology prefer a world where "publicly reported facts are owned by corporations." They emphasize that AI-enhanced search engines are here to stay and suggest that an adversarial relationship between media and tech is "shortsighted, unnecessary, and self-defeating."

The company disputes the lawsuit's characterization of their output as "regurgitated" content and maintains their commitment to proper attribution and fair use of information while serving as a vital tool for knowledge dissemination.

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