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Title: Perplexity signs deal to use Getty Images

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:23:43 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/perplexity-signs-...

Perplexity AI has agreed to a multi-year licensing partnership with Getty
Images that will allow its users to access the latterΓÇÖs extensive library
of images. Leveraging GettyΓÇÖs API, Perplexity will integrate the visual
media distributorΓÇÖs huge collection of stock and editorial imagery within
its AI search and discovery tools, with correct attribution being a key part
of the agreement.

In a press release, Getty said that Perplexity will be "making improvements
on how it displays imagery, including image credit with link to source, to
better educate users on how to use licensed imagery legally." As generative
AI tools become more widely accessible, thorny issues around copyright and
attribution have been the source of a number of lawsuits, no shortage of
which have been targeted at Perplexity.

In August, the company was sued by two Japanese media groups, Nikkei and
Asahi Shimbun, for allegedly copying and storing article content from the
pairΓÇÖs servers illicitly, as well as crediting them with inaccurate
information Perplexity supplied. It was also one of four companies sued by
Reddit earlier this month for allegedly using scraped data without the
correct license. Even the dictionary has taken the AI company to court.

Getty itself has bumped up against AI many times on the road to its new deal
with Perplexity. Back in 2022 the company outright banned AI-generated art on
its platform due the legal murkiness around copyright, and it later sued the
AI art tool Stable Diffusion over for allegedly copying and processing
millions of protected images from its collection.

On the Perplexity agreement, Getty ImagesΓÇÖ Vice President Strategic
Development, Nick Unsworth, said that "partnerships such as this support AI
platforms to increase the quality and accuracy of information delivered to
consumers, ultimately building a more engaging and reliable experience."

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