Despite this, Perplexity claims to respect the Robots Exclusion Protocol indocumentationon its website.

Separately, Perplexity is currently facing legal threats for breaking some other internet rules: copyright infringement.

Forbes reportedlythreatened legal action against Perplexitythis week, after accusing the AI startup ofripping off Forbes reportingwithout proper attribution.

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The executive editor of Forbes called out Perplexity on X earlier in the month.

Our reporting on Eric Schmidts stealth drone project was posted this AM by@perplexity_ai.

It rips off most of our reporting.

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