Aravind Srinivas’s Perplexity AI faces lawsuit over sharing users data without consent; company responds

Perplexity AI has been accused of sharing user data with major tech companies – Google and Meta without proper consent. According to a report by Bloomberg, a lawsuit has been filed against Perplexity AI, led by CEO Aravind Srinivas accusing the company of allowing third-party trackers to access sensitive user information. The case has been filed on behalf of a user identified as John Doe, who said he shared personal financial details including his family’s finances, his tax obligations, his investment portfolio and strategies with Perplexity’s chatbot.

What the lawsuit alleges