Britannica and Merriam-Webster want their names out of your hallucinations. Encyclopaedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued Perplexity in the Southern District of New York, alleging that Perplexity’s AI products generate and display incorrect “citations” and attributions alongside the plaintiffs’ brands.  Beyond familiar copyright issues, the complaint targets trademark misuse tied to live retrieval and output presentation, e.g., logos, source panels, and summaries in AI generated outputs...