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2 documented complaints against Perplexity AI — paraphrased from BBB filings, Trustpilot reviews, Reddit threads, and public forum posts. Newest complaints first.
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Sourced from public platforms across US, UK, and global markets — each report links to the original source.
| Platform | Reports | Who's reporting |
|---|---|---|
| Wired | 1 | Various regions |
| 1 | US & global users |
In 2024, Forbes and Wired documented instances of Perplexity AI crawling content despite robots.txt restrictions and providing AI summaries that closely mirrored original articles without adequate attribution. Several major publishers have demanded licensing payments or blocked Perplexity crawlers.
Researchers using Perplexity for sourced information describe instances of citations that don't support the claims made — the cited URL exists but the actual source says something different. Verification of every Perplexity citation is necessary for research use.