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Chicago Tribune

1 verified, source-linked AI implementation documented in 2025.

United StatesNorth AmericaNational
Cases
1
Active since
2025
Peak stage
2
Controversies
1

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Workflow & Operations1

AI implementations

2025

Copyright lawsuit against Perplexity AI (filed December 15, 2025); complaint alleges…

Copyright lawsuit against Perplexity AI (filed December 15, 2025); complaint alleges Perplexity's distribution of Tribune's original reporting allows readers to bypass the newspaper's print and web versions, decreasing traffic and advertising revenue; part of wave of US publisher Perplexity suits alongside NYT (Dec. 5, 2025) and CNN (May 28, 2026); Perplexity moved to dismiss March 2026

Litigation & IP Rights2 – Adoption1 – Fully AutomatedControversy
Tool: Perplexity AI (defendant) — AI search engine and Comet browser; content scraping and distributionSource ↗

Context

Chicago Tribune is one of 182 organizations in United States documented in the index, which holds 363 cases from the country. Its work spans 1 function type, including Litigation & IP Rights, documented across 19 organizations worldwide.

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