'Kleptomaniacs': media empire vows to slay AI thieves

News Corp CEO Vows to Pursue AI ‘Pilferers’ Amid Subscriber Growth Plateau

The chief executive of global publishing company News Corporation has blamed artificial intelligence companies for a decline in subscribers, saying they “pilfer and profit” from the work of its journalists. In his comments on the company’s full year results, Robert Thomson vowed to “pursue those pilferers” and said: “Companies that are clients of these crass kleptomaniacs should know they are patently in possession of stolen goods.” He said New…

'Kleptomaniacs': media empire vows to slay AI thieves

A media goliath has doubled down on its stick-and-carrot campaign against AI snatchers, also calling out other companies who '"should know better".

‘Kleptomaniacs’: media empire vows to slay AI thieves

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 yea…