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Production AI Institute public record · publishers · observed 2026-03-15
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publishers - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.

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What changed

On December 5, 2025, The New York Times sued Perplexity, alleging the company used copyrighted Times articles without permission to train its AI system and generated outputs that reproduced Times content or falsely attributed fabricated information to the newspaper. The suit claims the conduct harmed the Times's business and brand. Perplexity denies wrongdoing.

  • New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Workhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-lawsuit.html
  • Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringementhttps://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/12/15/chicago-tribune-perplexity-ai-copyright-lawsuit-newspapers
  • AI Incident Database - Incident 1294https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1294/

Timeline

  1. 15 Mar 2026The New York Times Sued Perplexity for Allegedly Using Copyrighted Content and Generating False Attributions
    Incident82%
    • New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Workhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-lawsuit.html
    • Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity AI for copyright infringementhttps://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/12/15/chicago-tribune-perplexity-ai-copyright-lawsuit-newspapers
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1294https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1294/
  2. 23 Nov 2025ChatGPT Reportedly Found to Reproduce Protected German Lyrics in Copyright Case
    Incident82%
    • OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court sayshttps://www.reuters.com/world/german-court-sides-with-plaintiff-copyright-case-against-openai-2025-11-11/
    • ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court ruleshttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/11/chatgpt-violated-copyright-laws-german-court-rules
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1278https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1278/
  3. 8 Apr 2025Meta and OpenAI Accused of Using LibGen’s Pirated Books to Train AI Models
    Incident82%
    • The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problemhttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/
    • Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Revealhttps://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 997https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/997/
  4. 20 Mar 2025The New York Times Reportedly Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Alleged Unauthorized AI Training on Its Content
    Incident82%
    • New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for using articles to train AIhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/27/new-york-times-sues-openai-chatgpt/
    • The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.’s Use of Copyrighted Workhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 995https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/995/
  5. 15 July 2023Uptick in Low-Quality AI-Produced Content Degraded Publishers' Submission Management
    Incident78%
    • AI Junk Is Starting to Pollute the Internethttps://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-already-floods-some-corners-of-the-internet-with-spam-its-just-the-beginning-9c86ea25
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 562https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/562/

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