Perplexity claims Dow Jones 'cherry-picked' chatbot responses in copyright suit

Perplexity filed a motion alleging Dow Jones "cherry-picked" responses from its search engine and refuses to hand over its own search histories on the platform. The $20B AI startup argues the publisher badgered its bot to reproduce content that wouldn't appear under normal use. Dow Jones and the New York Post sued in 2024, claiming Perplexity copies paywalled reporting verbatim. The case tests whether AI search engines can legally ingest and summarize copyrighted content without compensation, with implications for the entire AI-publisher relationship.

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