<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>The BBC has threatened legal action against AI start-up Perplexity AI for reproducing BBC content verbatim without permission.</li><li>This is the first time the BBC has taken action against an AI company over alleged content misuse.</li><li>The BBC demanded that Perplexity immediately stop using BBC content, delete any held content, and provide financial compensation for the material used.</li><li>The BBC cited research that found several AI chatbots, including Perplexity AI, inaccurately summarizing news stories, including BBC content.</li><li>Perplexity AI dismissed the BBC's concerns, accusing the BBC of protecting Google's monopoly.</li><li>Perplexity was previously sued by News Corp in October 2024 over similar copyright infringement claims.</li><li>In December 2023, the New York Times sued OpenAI, followed by several other lawsuits against OpenAI by news publishers worldwide.</li><li>In August 2024, three authors sued AI firm Anthropic for copyright infringement, alleging their books were used to train the Claude chatbot.</li></ul>

BBC Warns Perplexity Of Legal Action Over Content Use

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