Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and the New York Post have initiated legal proceedings against Jeff Bezos-backed AI firm Perplexity, alleging unauthorized use of their content and redirection of traffic to its platforms.

The New York Post and Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, sued Perplexity AI on Monday, claiming the artificial intelligence startup has illegally ripped off a "massive amount" of its reporting.

News Corp’s Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post have sued Perplexity, a startup that calls itself an “AI-powered Swiss Army Knife for information discovery and curiosity,