Perplexity moves to dismiss most of CNN's claims
Perplexity asked a court to dismiss Counts II through V of CNN’s copyright complaint — everything except the claims tied to Perplexity’s training-data inputs — arguing CNN failed to state a claim, per Chat GPT Is Eating the World, which obtained the brief.
Why it matters: A partial dismissal would leave only the training-data claims contested, narrowing what CNN can win from Perplexity even if the suit survives, and tests how courts are separating training-time from output-time infringement theories against AI search products.
The record: PerplexityAI training & copyright litigation
Via Chat GPT Is Eating the World ↗
Posted to the wire August 22, 2026.