CNN has filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against the AI search engine provider Perplexity, alleging the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted intellectual property.

CNN 已在紐約聯邦法院對 AI 搜尋引擎供應商 Perplexity 提起訴訟，指控其未經授權分發受版權保護的知識產權。

The litigation centers on the allegation that Perplexity systematically replicated thousands of CNN's textual, visual, and video assets to facilitate its operational outputs. CNN asserts that the defendant distributed content that is either identical or substantially similar to original reporting, thereby undermining the economic viability of professional newsgathering. Specifically, the plaintiff alleges that Perplexity bypassed technical barriers to scrape data and provided users with access to content typically restricted by paywalls. A notable instance cited involves the verbatim reproduction of a specific report on Minneapolis upon the input of its title.

此次訴訟的核心在於指控 Perplexity 系統性地複製了數千件 CNN 的文本、視覺及影片資產，以利其操作輸出。CNN 主張被告分發的內容與原創報導完全相同或高度相似，從而損害了專業新聞採集的經濟可行性。具體而言，原告指控 Perplexity 繞過技術障礙抓取數據，並讓用戶存取通常受付費牆（paywalls）限制的內容。其中引用的一個顯著案例是，在輸入標題後，系統原封不動地複製了一篇關於明尼阿波利斯的特定報導。

This legal action follows a failed attempt at a commercial rapprochement. In October 2025, the parties engaged in negotiations to integrate CNN content into the Comet Plus subscription service; however, a definitive agreement was not reached due to disagreements regarding the parameters of content utilization. Following the termination of these discussions in November, CNN issued a formal demand for the cessation of unauthorized use, which reportedly remained unanswered.

此次法律行動是在商業和解嘗試失敗後採取的。2025 年 10 月，雙方曾就將 CNN 內容整合至 Comet Plus 訂閱服務進行協商；然而，由於對內容利用參數存在分歧，未能達成最終協議。在 11 月結束洽談後，CNN 正式要求停止未經授權的使用，據報該要求未獲回應。

Perplexity is currently the subject of multiple concurrent legal challenges from various entities, including The New York Times, Reddit, Dow Jones, News Corp, and Amazon. These cases reflect a broader systemic conflict emerging since the 2022 introduction of ChatGPT, characterized by disputes over the training of large language models. While some publishers have secured licensing agreements with technology firms to ensure compensation and attribution, others have pursued judicial remedies. A precedent for such resolutions was established last year when Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion settlement with a class of authors.

Perplexity 目前正面临來自多個實體的同步法律挑戰，包括《紐約時報》、Reddit、道瓊斯、新聞集團及亞馬遜。這些案件反映了自 2022 年 ChatGPT 推出以來，圍繞大型語言模型訓練而產生的更廣泛系統性衝突。雖然部分出版商已與科技公司簽署授權協議以確保獲得補償與署名，但其他出版商則採取司法救濟。去年 Anthropic 同意向一群作者支付 15 億美元的和解金，為此類解決方案奠定了先例。

CNN is currently seeking unspecified monetary damages and a permanent injunction to prevent further unauthorized use of its intellectual property by Perplexity.

CNN 目前正尋求未具體數額的金錢賠償，以及一項永久禁制令，以防止 Perplexity 進一步未經授權使用其知識產權。