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Perplexity

🌎 perplexity.ai

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question. It is designed to power curiosity with answers backed by up-to-date sources, utilizing advanced technologies such as natural language processing and machine learning to deliver precise and relevant search results.

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Perplexity - Latest News and Updates

• Perplexity has introduced support for Google's Gemini 2 and OpenAI's O1 models for Pro subscribers, enhancing reasoning capabilities and adding features like search filters and mobile app updates.
• Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine, has introduced a program allowing companies to pay for follow-up questions that direct users to their websites.
• On December 11, News Corporation and its subsidiaries renewed their IP lawsuit against Perplexity in the Southern District of New York, alleging copyright infringement and trademark violations.
• Perplexity's user base decreased from 500,000 to 400,000 while its ratings increased from 332 to 338.
• Perplexity is offering a subscription giveaway event for new users to try their PRO version for free until December 25.

• Perplexity served billions of queries in 2024, as shared by Aravind Srinivas, Cofounder & CEO.
• Alexander Pecheny, previously with Yandex, has joined Perplexity to explore new opportunities.

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