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News outlets are accusing Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping
Jul 5, 2024
Exploring accusations of plagiarism and unethical web scraping by a startup using AI sparks debates on the fine line between summarization and plagiarism in the age of generative AI and chatbots providing answers based on internet content.
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- Generative AI blurring line between fair use and plagiarism in content generation.
- Web scraping ethics questioned with robots exclusion protocol compliance emphasized.
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Ethical Dilemma of Generative AI
Generative AI technologies like Proplexity AI raise ethical concerns regarding fair use and plagiarism. Despite utilizing existing foundational AI models to generate detailed responses from internet information, accusations in June questioned the startup's approach as potentially unethical, with claims of plagiarizing and web scraping without permission. The thin line between fair use in copyright laws and ethical data summarization is at the core of the debate.
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