Perplexity，一家提供名为“答案引擎”的AI搜索产品的热门AI初创公司，因被指控窃取内容、不尊重robots.txt文件甚至剽窃文章而陷入丑闻。该公司在其网站上宣称“每个答案”都“有来自可信新闻机构、学术论文和知名博客的引文支持”。然而，剽窃和付费墙问题使Perplexity成为媒体行业沮丧的众矢之的，因为它试图在互联网搜索的未来超越谷歌。

🤔 Perplexity被指控窃取内容，不尊重robots.txt文件，甚至剽窃文章。该公司宣称其“答案引擎”的答案都来自可信来源，但事实并非如此。

🧐 Perplexity的这种行为引起了媒体行业的广泛关注，因为其试图在互联网搜索的未来超越谷歌。媒体行业担心Perplexity会对他们的内容造成损害，并对其商业模式构成威胁。

🤨 Perplexity的创始人表示，他们正在努力解决这些问题，并承诺将尊重内容创作者的权利。然而，目前尚不清楚Perplexity是否能够挽回声誉，以及是否能够继续发展壮大。

🤨 Perplexity的创始人表示，他们正在努力解决这些问题，并承诺将尊重内容创作者的权利。然而，目前尚不清楚Perplexity是否能够挽回声誉，以及是否能够继续发展壮大。

🤔 Perplexity的案例也引发了人们对AI搜索引擎的伦理问题的思考。如何确保AI搜索引擎能够尊重知识产权，并为内容创作者提供公平的回报？

The startup's web scraping has raised more than a few eyebrows.

Perplexity, which offers an AI search product that it calls an “answer engine,” is a buzzy AI startup embroiled in scandal following accusations that it rips off content, doesn’t respect robots.txt files, and even plagiarizes articles.

The company, which has already received funding from the likes of Jeff Bezos and is in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars more, advertises on its website that “every answer” is “backed by citations from trusted news outlets, academic papers, and established blogs.

However, plagiarism and paywall problems have made Perplexity a lightning rod for media industry frustrations as it attempts to overtake Google for the future of search on the internet.

Here’s our coverage of the ongoing developments.