In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)

Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers  —  Recent reports raise questions about how the answer engine works, including its use of third-party content crawlers.