It is pointed out that the AI search engine 'Perplexity' is using AI to compile parts of articles from Forbes and other sites and republish almost identical content with minimal attribution.
It has been pointed out that as part of a feature offered by Perplexity, a company developing a real-time AI search engine, articles from some news organizations are summarized by AI and provided with only the minimum necessary attribution.
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It's perplexing how Perplexity's CEO feels about journalism and his own product
https://the-decoder.com/its-perplexing-how-perplexitys-ceo-feels-about-journalism-and-his-own-product/
The news article was displayed in a feature called 'Pages' provided by Perplexity. Pages is a function that generates web pages based on user prompts, and Perplexity promotes this function as 'helping educators create comprehensive pages for students, researchers to create reports summarizing their findings so that many users can access their research, and individuals to share their hobbies with others and convey their enthusiasm.'
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One page created by Pages caught the attention of Forbes reporter John Pakowski, who said that a paid exclusive article that Forbes had spent months researching and publishing was being mixed with another article that simply summarized Forbes' reporting in a single summary article. Pakowski strongly criticized Perplexity, saying that the AI-generated summary article used the same wording as the Forbes paid article and did not properly display attribution.
Our report on Eric Schmidt's stealth drone project was posted this AM by @perplexity_ai . It rips off most of our reporting. It cites us, and a few that reblogged us, as sources in the most easily ignored way possible. Note the views. #zeroclick https://t.co/qZamti9E83 pic.twitter.com/8z2AsyHjgM
— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) June 7, 2024
The page in question is below: It details reports that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is secretly developing AI-equipped combat drones through a secret project called Project Eagle.
Eric Schmidt's AI Combat Drones
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/Eric-Schmidts-AI-boKJzWQcRFmCLk5XjgKJEQ
At the time Pakowski pointed this out, the word 'Sources' was displayed just below the introduction on the page, and a list of sources including Forbes was displayed.
Thanks for flagging this. The screenshot you shared is of a new product feature we released two weeks ago called 'Perplexity Pages'. It has rough edges, and we are improving it with more feedback. The core Perplexity product has, from day one, had appropriate source attribution… pic.twitter.com/8GGLFUQGWy
— Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) June 7, 2024
At the time of writing, there is no word 'Sources.'
In addition to the sources listed directly below the introduction, the word 'source' and the media organization's logo are displayed after each paragraph.
Clicking on the word 'Source' will expand the sidebar and show the URL of the article that is the source of the page.
Pakowski points out that 'Pages,' which uses exclusive articles that are available for a fee and displays the source in a way that users have to click to see it, is 'plagiarism' because there is no clear attribution.
In addition to Forbes, there are other pages that cite articles created by CNBC, but it has been pointed out that it is almost impossible to tell that CNBC is the publisher of the articles.
In response to these criticisms, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas replied that the Pages feature is still new and has some 'rough edges,' and that the company is looking to improve it as it receives more feedback. 'We agree that sources should be more visible so they're easier to find,' he said.
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