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2. Some background on Perplexity:

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:51 AM

Dec 5

Forbes editor is NOT happy with how Perplexity AI lifted much of a Forbes article for an AI summary and buried the link
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219016558

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (article from Wired on how the AI search engine produces BS answers & scrapes sites)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219045577

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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 5 OP

That's an interesting case IronLionZion Dec 5 #1

Some background on Perplexity: highplainsdem Dec 5 #2

Good to know. IronLionZion Dec 5 #3

The NYTimes is also damaging the privacy of a lot of users jfz9580m Dec 7 #6