The contest to build the dominant AI-powered search engine is now being waged on college campuses
AI search startups Perplexity, You.com, and Liner have recruited hundreds of students to promote and endorse their apps.
Perplexity tried to sponsor an F1 team — but got blocked by a bigger tech company
AI-powered search startup Perplexity has been in negotiations to sign a sponsorship deal with Red Bull Racing, worth $5 ...
Leading AI chatbots struggle to generate accurate news summaries
Some leading AI-powered chatbots were prone to generating inaccurate news summaries in tests. More details here.
AI Chatbots Have “Significant Inaccuracies” When Summarizing News, BBC Says; Top Exec Deborah Turness Says Tech Firms Are “Playing With Fire”
Generative AI chatbots run by OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Perplexity showed "substantial inaccuracies" when summarizing the ...
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How did Perplexity increase its app downloads by 50 percent over the weekend?
On Friday before the big game, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas announced in a post on X that users would be given a chance to win $1 million during the game. All they had to do was download the ...
9to5Neural: Elon Musk tries to buy OpenAI, Sam Altman declines but says they’ll take Twitter
Welcome to 9to5Neural. AI moves fast. We help you keep up. Last week everyone drank a big glass of DeepSeek with a ...
TikTok is available to download on Android again, but there’s a catch
If you deleted the TikTok app and want it back, TikTok now offers an APK download for Android users that anyone can grab.
Perplexity’s Super Bowl ‘tweet’ increased app installs by 50%
Perplexity's Super Bowl contest managed to move the needle on its app's downloads. Unlike OpenAI and Google, the AI search ...
Musk dismisses TikTok acquisition rumors, says he prefers to build companies from scratch
It was reported in January that the Chinese government was considering selling TikTok's US assets to Musk. The DOGE leader ...
Perplexity Skips Super Bowl Ad in Favor of $1 Million In-App Sweepstakes
Google and OpenAI are among the technology companies advertising generative artificial-intelligence tools at this year’s Super Bowl, aiming to showcase its utility and attract new users. AI search ...
DeepSeek shows just how fragile the AI market is
DeepSeek DeepSeek DeepSeek! That word has taken over the internet over the past week. Though things have cooled off a bit, it ...
New porn app for iPhone emerges due to EU antitrust law; Apple reacts
Though the official Apple App Store does not allow porn, the Hot Tub app is offered on AltStore PAL, an alternative marketplace created due to an EU law.