Artificial intelligence start-up Perplexity has put forward a $34.5bn (£25.6bn) bid to acquire Google’s Chrome, in what would be one of the most unexpected moves in the tech industry this year. In a letter to Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai, the company argued that shifting Chrome to an independent operator committed to user safety would…
The BBC has issued a legal warning to U.S.-based artificial intelligence company Perplexity, accusing it of reproducing BBC content without permission and demanding it cease the practice immediately. According to a letter addressed to Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, the BBC is insisting the AI firm delete all BBC content it has used, stop accessing its…
Perplexity AI, the artificial intelligence-driven search engine, has announced plans to launch its own web browser, Comet. The company revealed the upcoming project in a post on X, inviting users to join a waitlist ahead of its release. “Just like Perplexity reinvented search, we’re also reinventing the browser,” a company spokesperson told TechCrunch, hinting at…
