The ongoing debate surrounding the use of copyrighted content in artificial intelligence technologies has reached a new milestone as Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s leading newspaper, initiated legal proceedings against the AI company Perplexity. The lawsuit alleges that Perplexity incorporated large quantities of Yomiuri’s published articles into their AI training data without obtaining proper licenses, potentially violating Japan’s copyright laws. This case spotlights the urgent need for clearer regulations related to AI training models and intellectual property rights in the digital age.

According to legal experts, the key issues raised in the lawsuit include:

  • Unauthorized reproduction: Unauthorized extraction and use of copyrighted text in AI datasets.
  • Economic impact: Potential losses to publishers due to unlicensed use of their content.
  • Precedents in…