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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Haleluya Hadero

EXPLAINED: Amazon is reviewing whether perplexity ai improperly scraped online content | Rare Historical Photos

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Amazon is reviewing claims that the artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI is scraping content — including from prominent news sites — without approval.

Amazon spokesperson Samantha Mayowa confirmed Friday that the tech giant was assessing information it received from the news outlet WIRED, which published an investigation earlier this month that said Perplexity appeared to scrape content from websites that had prohibited access from such practices. Perplexity uses servers by Amazon Web Services, otherwise known as AWS.

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