The Wall Street Journal's parent company, Dow Jones, and the New York Post are suing AI-powered search startup Perplexity for using their content to train its large language models. Both News Corp. publications are accusing Perplexity of copyright infringement for using their articles to generate answers to people's queries,

It marks the latest chapter in the ongoing battle between tech giants and media companies over the use of copyrighted content to train AI systems.

News Corp is pursuing legal action against Perplexity AI, accusing the startup of illegally copying content from its outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post, to train its AI models and generate revenue at the expense of journalists and publishers.