Perplexity faces a new lawsuit from Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster, accusing it of copyright and trademark infringement. The suit claims Perplexity’s AI “answer engine” scrapes their sites, plagiarizes content (including identical dictionary definitions), and misuses their names on inaccurate results. The company is also accused of bypassing crawler blocks. Perplexity, backed by Jeff Bezos, has previously clashed with Forbes, The New York Times, and News Corp, though some publishers like Time and World History Encyclopedia have partnered with it for revenue sharing and AI-powered tools.
Source: The Verge
