Folha has filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI, demanding that the U.S. technology company immediately stop collecting and using the newspaper’s content without authorization —and without compensation— to power its artificial intelligence platform.
The lawsuit filed in São Paulo also seeks compensation for the improper use of news reports to train AI models and for providing internet users with summaries and copies of news articles, including content exclusively available to paying subscribers, without any authorization.The newspaper is also asking Perplexity to destroy the artificial intelligence models that used its copyrighted material.
The judge handling the case ordered the U.S. company to respond within 72 hours.
Folha is also asking the court to impose a daily fine if Perplexity fails to comply with the order blocking access to the content.
According to the newspaper’s attorney, Taís Gasparian, "the lawsuit is based on three points: unfair competition, paywall circumvention and copyright infringement. The enormous effort that good journalism makes to stay afloat is undermined by the unauthorized use of its content, through the circumvention of rules."
