from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to tech@programming.dev on 20 Jun 14:15
https://lemmy.nz/post/24480317
The UK’s public broadcaster, BBC, has written a letter to Perplexity, the AI search startup, asking it to stop scraping articles from its websites, delete existing copies of content, and propose some sort of financial compensation if it would like to carry on scraping data. If the demands are not met, BBC may seek an injunction against the startup citing alleged misuse of its intellectual property.
BBC is probably responding in this way because it has seen other news organizations cement deals with firms like OpenAI and Mistral. The income stream allows news organizations to raise more funds and also cover the costs of the extra load on their servers caused by AI scraping.
In a statement to the Financial Times, Perplexity labeled the BBC’s claims as “manipulative and opportunistic”. The startup accused the broadcaster of having “a fundamental misunderstanding of technology, the internet and intellectual property law.”
This is not the first time Perplexity has had a run-in with the media. Forbes and Wired accused it of plagiarizing content from their websites and The New York Times sent the company a cease and desist notice to stop using its content for AI purposes.
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Perplexity is costing the British taxpayers by using BBC’s infrastructure without paying.
I believe I read somewhere that perplexity was particularly aggressive with its scrapping.
I hope they can negotiate a huge fee for this, completely unacceptable to steal from the public sector and try to sell it back to people
this sounds about right, classic tech startup with do it first then apologise later
Didn't the UK just pass a bill allowing AI companies to use copyright content for free? The BBC should have been covering that bill more instead of constant articles about poor israel suffering.