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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Dow Jones and New York Post Sue AI Firm Perplexity

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus, investors have been pouring money into technology funds this year. And WSJ’s Tech Live kicks off with discussions about artificial intelligence. Zoe Thomas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your TnB Tech Minute for Monday, October 21st. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.6

Wall Street Journal Parent Dow Jones and the New York Post are suing generative artificial intelligence search engine perplexity

0:46.6

for copyright infringement.

0:48.6

The publishers, which are both owned by News Corp, accuse the startup of copying copyrighted news content and using it to generate

0:56.5

responses to users queries.

0:59.0

The publishers claim this is siphoning away traffic that would otherwise go to their websites.

1:04.4

This is the latest move in a broader battle between news publishers and AI firms that use their content.

1:10.9

Other news publishers have sent perplexity legal notices requesting that the

1:15.2

search engine stop using their content. The New York Times said the startup a cease

1:19.9

and desist notice last week. Representatives from perplexity didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

1:27.2

Investors have poured more than $18 billion into technology funds this year.

1:34.8

That's more than every other sector tracked by Financial Services Company Morningstar combined. Tech stocks

1:39.4

however will face a big test in the coming weeks as investors get a look at earnings

1:44.4

from the so-called Magnificent Seven group of technology heavyweights.

1:48.0

Tesla's earnings kick things off on Wednesday.

1:51.0

And the W.S. J.'s Tech Live begins today.

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