NYT sues Perplexity AI for ‘copyright infringement’
The New York Times has accused Perplexity AI of ‘scraping millions of articles’
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Published: Dec 6, 2025 11:58 AM | 1 min read
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The New York Times has filed a major lawsuit against Perplexity AI, alleging that the generative AI startup has been copying, distributing and displaying millions of its articles without permission to train and power its AI products.
The lawsuit claims Perplexity not only scraped Times content — including paywalled material — but also produced fabricated summaries that were falsely attributed to the Times.
NYT spokesperson Graham James, as per media reports, said the paper supports responsible AI development but “firmly objects to Perplexity’s unlicensed use of our content to develop and promote their products.”
Perplexity’s head of communication, Jesse Dwyer, dismissed the lawsuits as “an unsuccessful tactic used by publishers against emerging technologies”,maintaining that the company is merely indexing the open web and providing citations—not building foundation models from scraped data.
The Times has sought damages and injunctive relief to stop what it calls systematic unauthorized use of its journalism.
The lawsuit follows more than a year after NYT issued a cease-and-desist notice to Perplexity
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