BBC Hits AI Startup Perplexity With Legal Threat Over Content Scraping Concerns
The BBC has sent a legal threat to Perplexity, citing allegations that the AI startup is scraping the British national broadcaster’s content...
The BBC argued that elements of its content were being regurgitated verbatim by Perplexity and links to its website appeared in search results. It added that some information was reproduced with factual inaccuracies and missing context.
The BBC letter said: "It is therefore highly damaging to the BBC, injuring the BBC's reputation with audiences - including UK licence fee-payers who fund the BBC - and undermining their trust in the BBC."
The BBC has sent a legal threat to Perplexity, citing allegations that the AI startup is scraping the British national broadcaster’s content...
The BBC argued that elements of its content were being regurgitated verbatim by Perplexity and links to its website appeared in search results. It added that some information was reproduced with factual inaccuracies and missing context.
The BBC letter said: "It is therefore highly damaging to the BBC, injuring the BBC's reputation with audiences - including UK licence fee-payers who fund the BBC - and undermining their trust in the BBC."
On the other hand given the pace of technical development, perhaps AI systems will soon be able to correct some of the "factual inaccuracies and missing content" the Beeb seems to be uncharacteristically concerned about.
The Beeb certainly would not want some of its Wur doomed, An tell ye, dooo-oomed, Global Warming settled science threats from twenty years ago rebroadcast. That would be really damaging to the National Broadcaster's image. Ditto Mr Saville.
ReplyDeleteRIP David Bellamy.
Perhaps at this very moment all BBC covid, and vax recordings are being accidentally disappeared. Oh dear, what a shame.
Doonhamer - good point, they don't want the memory hole to become obsolete.
ReplyDeletePotholes everywhere but memory holes full to the brim.
ReplyDeleteDJ - ha ha, and the Beeb wants the memory holes to be stamped down and capped.
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