2025-08-06
Cloudflare accuses Perplexity of secretly crawling sites despite explicit blocks
Cloudflare is accusing the AI search engine Perplexity of covertly crawling websites, even when site owners have explicitly forbidden access through robots.txt files or firewall rules. According to the company, Perplexity disguises its identity to sidestep restrictions and is violating established internet norms.
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Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again
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Amazon and Perplexity are fighting over the future of AI shopping
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2025-08-26
Perplexity sued by Japanese media giants for stealing information and presenting false information
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2025-08-25
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2025-01-09
Perplexity will now show hotel information from TripAdvisor
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2025-12-05
The New York Times and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity over alleged copyright infringement
The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune have filed separate lawsuits against Perplexity over alleged copyright infringement. The Times said it had sent Perplexity several cease-and-desist demands t [...]
2025-11-25
Perplexity announces its own take on an AI shopping assistant
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2025-08-07
Trump's Truth Social launches AI search powered by Perplexity
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