Perplexity in the news

Perplexity's CEO warns that AI companion chatbots can harm users' minds, promoting his company's AI as a safer, accurate answer engine alternative.

Perplexity is launching early access for its AI-powered Comet browser on Android, enhancing web browsing with generative AI features and prioritizing its paid users.

Perplexity's CEO warns that AI companionship apps can dangerously manipulate users' minds, while the company focuses on trustworthy AI search solutions.

Perplexity AI forecasts major price increases for XRP, Solana, and Zcash by 2025, driven by regulatory wins, ETF approvals, and strong network fundamentals.

Perplexity AI faces legal and industry backlash over its AI tools that autonomously browse and scrape data from platforms like Amazon and Reddit.

Global AI firms offer free premium AI access in India to build user bases and leverage rich local data, raising concerns about competition and local platform development.

Perplexity AI is rolling out invites for its AI-powered Comet browser on Android, aiming to compete with Chrome while addressing significant security challenges inherent to agentic AI browsers.

Perplexity's Comet browser efficiently handles practical daily tasks with AI-powered browsing and assistant features but lacks creativity in personalized responses.

Amazon sued Perplexity for using an AI browser to automate shopping on its site, highlighting tensions over AI agents controlling user interactions and commerce.

Perplexity's Comet Assistant AI update enables multitasking across browser tabs with improved task completion and user control.

Perplexity's Comet Assistant update enables multitasking across tabs, better web navigation, and user-controlled actions to streamline complex online tasks.

Perplexity's Comet browser uses AI to turn chaotic web searches into structured, interactive learning sessions with source citations and project organization.

Snap's stock rose 9% after announcing a $400M deal to integrate Perplexity AI's search engine into Snapchat, alongside strong Q3 revenue and plans for AR hardware expansion.

Amazon sued Perplexity for covertly using AI shopping agents to access its site and make unauthorized purchases, citing security and customer experience concerns.

Amazon legally challenged Perplexity's AI shopping assistant for not identifying itself as an agent on its platform, raising issues about AI bots' transparency and permissions in e-commerce.

Amazon is legally challenging Perplexity's AI shopping assistant for violating its terms and disrupting its customer experience, reflecting a broader conflict over AI-powered shopping agents.

Perplexity uses AI-powered search to reshape how users engage with news, impacting traditional media economics and competing with Amazon.

Snapchat will integrate Perplexity AI's research-focused chatbot into its chat interface in early 2026, alongside its existing AI bot, under a $400 million deal.

Perplexity optimized software to run trillion-parameter AI models efficiently on AWS's Elastic Fabric Adapter, overcoming network latency and memory challenges for large-scale distributed inference.

Snap and Perplexity AI agreed on a $400 million deal to embed Perplexity's AI search engine into Snapchat's chat by early 2026, enhancing AI-powered discovery and personalization.