One of the world’s largest media empires has called artificial intelligence and handlers of their stolen content “pirates” and “crass kleptomaniacs”, promising to expose their “murky, illegal behaviour”.
News Corporation singled out AI answer engines Perplexity and Brave, with whom it is embroiled in ongoing legal battles, but also pledged to take the fight to “some of the world’s better-known companies” who deal with them in a chest-beating yearly earnings report.
“Our claims against Brave focus on their data for AI products, which are legally gormlessly sourced and repurposed copyrighted material,” News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson said.
“Companies who buy from these pirates should know that they are in possession of stolen goods … some of the world’s better-known companies are clients of these crass kleptomaniacs, and better-known companies should know better.”
The sprawling conglomerate – owner of Australian mastheads the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and The Australian – reporting earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were up 31 per cent in the year to June 30 to $US423 million ($600 million).
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