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Chicago Tribune v. Perplexity AI Complaint. Rothwell Figg firm files 3rd suit in 8 days.
Read more: Chicago Tribune v. Perplexity AI Complaint. Rothwell Figg firm files 3rd suit in 8 days.Chicago Tribune just sued Perplexity AI. This is the 64th copyright lawsuit filed against an AI company in the United States. Counts: (1) Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 106(1)) – Perplexity’s Acquisition of the Chicago Tribune’s Copyrighted Works to Create “Inputs” for its GenAI Products; Copyright Infringement (17 U.S.C. § 106(2)) – Perplexity’s Copying of…
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Microsoft letter to Judge Wang re: unable to find Bing Chat CTR data
Read more: Microsoft letter to Judge Wang re: unable to find Bing Chat CTR dataMicrosoft says it has extensively searched for and cannot find Bing Chat CTR (Click-Through-Rate). The information is related to the search engines using RAG, or retrieval augmented generation (combining AI with real time information from search). DOWNLOAD MICROSOFT’S REDACTED LETTER
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Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI COMPLAINT (Sept. 10, 2025). 50th copyright lawsuit v. AI
Read more: Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI COMPLAINT (Sept. 10, 2025). 50th copyright lawsuit v. AIPerplexity was sued again for its answer engine AI platform. Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary sued Perplexity for copyright and trademark infringement in the Southern District of New York. By my count, this is copyright lawsuit No. 50, after Hendrix v. Apple was No. 49. (These numbers were corrected on Sept. 14, 2025.) The irony…
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Will answer engines replace search engines?
Read more: Will answer engines replace search engines?In what could be one of the biggest transformations on the web, answer engines are continuing to gain usage online. The big question is whether answer engines replace search engines. Lex Friedman asked Sundar Pichai whether Google’s new answer engine called AI Mode will replace traditional search. Pichai equivocated.
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Google showcases AI mode for Google Search. But will it invite more copyright lawsuits v. Google?
Read more: Google showcases AI mode for Google Search. But will it invite more copyright lawsuits v. Google?Yesterday, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, demoed a host of new AI programs for Gemini and Google. Since OpenAI’s viral launch of ChatGPT in December 2022, Google has been in a race to compete in AI. Perhaps the most important new program announced yesterday is “AI Mode” for Google Search. Instead of a traditional search…