Dow Jones says Perplexity is “freeriding,” sues over copyright infringement

AI startup reportedly “did not bother to respond” to notice of infringement.

Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and the New York Post have accused artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity of a “brazen scheme” to rip off their journalism for its AI-driven search engine in a lawsuit filed in New York on Monday.

The publishers, both subsidiaries of News Corp, alleged the AI start-up, which is seeking to raise up to $1 billion in a funding round that will value it at $8 billion, was “engaging in a massive amount of illegal copying” of their work.

The lawsuit said Perplexity is “diverting customers and critical revenues” away from the news publishers, whose titles include The Wall Street Journal, “freeriding on the valuable content the publishers produce.”

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Apple: Magic Mouse vielleicht bald mit USB-C

Hinweise im Code des iOS 18.1 RC deuten darauf hin, dass Apple neue Versionen von Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard und Magic Trackpad planen könnte. (Apple, Notebook)

Hinweise im Code des iOS 18.1 RC deuten darauf hin, dass Apple neue Versionen von Magic Mouse, Magic Keyboard und Magic Trackpad planen könnte. (Apple, Notebook)

Hands-on with the 2024 iPad mini: Spot the differences

A quick look at what’s new in Apple’s tiny tablet.

The iPad mini is a niche product, that much is clear. But for those who want an extra-small tablet, the launch of the sixth-generation iPad mini in 2021 was a red-letter day. For the first time in ages, the mini got close to the same kind of performance and features as its bigger brethren.

Then it didn’t get any updates for a couple of years. It was still a good tablet, but it wasn’t positioned to take advantage of new products or features on Apple’s docket like Apple Intelligence or the Apple Pencil Pro.

Enter the new 2024 refresh of the iPad mini, which releases October 23. For the most part, it’s the same as the previous generation—but Apple has laser-focused on a couple of tweaks to modernize the device just enough to keep it competitive in the company’s current ecosystem.

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