WIRED

A WIRED investigation has shown that Perplexity–the #AI-powered search #startup that Forbes has accused of stealing its content–is surreptitiously scraping the internet and making things up out of thin air. Our investigation shows that Perplexity is using crawlers to visit and download parts of websites from which #developers had tried to block it, in violation of its own publicly stated #policy. Backed by #Jeff Bezos’ family office and by NVIDIA, among others, Perplexity has said it is worth a billion dollars based on its most recent fundraising round. AI is teaching us that creativity is more valuable and in demand than ever. But how do we ensure that creators and creative economies survive? Have your say in the comments.

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