Perplexity gives Apple new reason not to acquire the AI company

Perplexity has long been accused of deliberately bypassing anti-scraping measures to retrieve web content. While the company has historically dismissed these accusations as disingenuous or misunderstandings, a new report shows that not only is the practice still happening, but it may actually be getting worse.

Perplexity’s main counter-argument: semantics

The issue with Perplexity’s web crawling practices first came to light in June 2024, when Wired and other media outlets…