[Video] The Briefing: New York Times v. Perplexity AI: Copyright, Hallucinations, and Trademark Risk

What happens when AI hallucinations are branded as journalism? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Matt Sugarman break down The New York Times v. Perplexity AI, a lawsuit that goes beyond copyright and into largely untested trademark territory. They discuss the Times’ allegations that Perplexity copied its journalism at both the input and output stages and, more significantly, that the AI attributed fabricated or inaccurate content to the Times using its…
By: Weintraub Tobin