- Amazon’s cloud division is investigating Perplexity AI for potential scraping abuse of websites that prohibited access through the Robots Exclusion Protocol
- Perplexity, backed by the Jeff Bezos family fund and Nvidia, is valued at $3 billion and is accused of using content from scraped websites in violation of terms of service
- The investigation revealed that Perplexity’s AI-powered search chatbot ignored robots.txt in certain instances, prompting concerns of scraping abuse and plagiarism
- Perplexity’s CEO initially denied wrongdoing, attributing the scraping activity to a third-party company, but later confirmed that PerplexityBot does ignore robots.txt in specific cases
- Digital Content Next, a trade association for the digital content industry, expressed concerns that Perplexity’s actions may violate copyright principles and terms of service, urging caution and proper compliance
https://www.wired.com/story/aws-perplexity-bot-scraping-investigation/
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