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Merriam-Webster and its parent company Encyclopedia Britannica are the latest to take on AI in court. The plaintiffs have sued Perplexity, claiming that AI company’s “answer engine” product unlawfully copies their copyrighted materials. They are also alleging copyright infringement for instances where Perplexity’s AI creates false or inaccurate hallucinations that it then wrongly attributes to Britannica or Merriam-Webster…
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Perplexity’s definition of copyright gets it sued by the dictionary
Anna Washenko
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Merriam-Webster and its parent company Encyclopedia Britannica are the latest to take on AI in court. The plaintiffs have sued Perplexity, claiming that AI company’s “answer engine” product unlawfully copies their copyrighted materials. They are also alleging copyright infringement for instances where Perplexity’s AI creates false or inaccurate hallucinations that it then wrongly attributes to
