BBC vs. AI: The Copyright Battle Gets Real

Okay, so here’s the drama: the BBC is going after this AI company called Perplexity, and things are getting spicy.

Basically, the BBC is accusing Perplexity of using its news articles to train AI—without asking first. They sent a letter to the CEO saying, “Hey, stop scraping our content, delete everything you took, and also… maybe pay up?”

This is actually the first time the BBC has threatened legal action over something like this. And they’re not happy—apparently, Perplexity’s AI has been pulling BBC articles word for word, even from stories that were just posted.

The BBC says that not only is this copyright infringement, but it’s also making them look bad. They did their own research and found that 17% of the AI’s answers based on their content had serious mistakes or left out important context.

Meanwhile, Perplexity—valued at like $14 billion, and backed by Jeff Bezos—basically clapped back and said the BBC doesn’t understand how the internet works. They claim they’re not even training their own big AI models, just connecting users to tools like OpenAI’s and Google’s.

But yeah… they’ve gotten in trouble with other publishers too, like News Corp. Though, to be fair, they have made some deals with outlets like Time and Fortune.

Long story short: AI is moving fast, and the media world is trying to keep up. And this fight? It’s probably just getting started.

Read More Here: https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/perplexity-rejects-bbcs-legal-claims-over-ai-driven-news-content-reuse/