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IronLionZion

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1. That's an interesting case

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 09:15 AM

22 hrs ago

since Perplexity claims they combine the collective models of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. I'm not sure why anyone would pay for Perplexity when the underlying models are free.

I suppose the lawsuit's point is the NY Times wants people to pay for NY Times content. At the risk of incriminating myself, I'm sure many of us have used such tools to get around paywalls.

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New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work [View all] BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago OP

That's an interesting case IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #1

Some background on Perplexity: highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #2

Good to know. IronLionZion 21 hrs ago #3

A class action suit against another AI giant, Anthropic, was successful, with a $1.5B settlement. TheRickles 21 hrs ago #4

It's interesting that Anthropic would be worth that much, or anywhere near it FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #5