BBC Said to Have Threatened Legal Action Against AI Start-up Perplexity Over Content Scraping

Jun 20, 2025 - 10:00
BBC Said to Have Threatened Legal Action Against AI Start-up Perplexity Over Content Scraping
In a letter to Perplexity Chief Executive Aravind Srinivas seen by the FT, BBC said it may seek an injunction unless the AI firm stops scraping its content, deletes existing copies used to train its AI systems, and submits "a proposal for financial compensation" for the alleged misuse of its intellectual property.