Major Japanese daily publishers Nikkei Inc. and The Asahi Shimbun Co. said Tuesday they jointly filed a lawsuit against U.S. artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI Inc. over the alleged unauthorized use of their articles, seeking a total of 4.4 billion yen ($30 million) in compensation.The two papers are also seeking an injunction against copyright infringement in the lawsuit filed with the Tokyo District Court. Three newspaper companies under Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings filed a similar lawsuit with the court earlier this month.Nikkei and Asahi claimed that the California-based company,…READ FULL ARTICLE
