The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech investors for its mission to rival Google in the business of searching for information. But its AI-driven search chatbot is already facing challenges as some news media companies object to its business practices. Our engine is not training on anyone else’s content,” in part because the company is simply aggregating what other companies’ AI systems generate. Randall Lane, chief content officer of Forbes Media, called the dispute an “inflection point” in the conversation about AI. Using AI as a synthesizing tool works for widespread dissemination of information until “you run out of originals,” he said.

Source: Forbes June 14, 2024 06:09 UTC