ATLANTA, GA – June 1, 2023: A sign in the form of the Cable News Network (CNN) logo is seen along Centennial Olympic Park Drive outside CNN Center in downtown Atlanta. CNN is suing AI company Perplexity claiming its software generates verbatim copies of its news stories. It's the latest example of traditional publishers targeting AI-powered language models surreptitiously trained on their copyrighted material. Files in the Southern District of New York, the federal lawsuit indicates that the two companies tried to negotiate a content deal but failed to close.…