Perplexity AI is finally bringing its chatbot to WhatsApp, taking it on par with Meta AI and ChatGPT that already have a prescence on the world’s most poular messaging platform. Just like ChatGPT, Perplexity has released a number that can entered in WhatsApp to interact with the AI assitant to answer questions, check sources and…
Perplexity AI had announced earlier this year its plans to launch a new browser to compete directly with the likes of Google Chrome and Safari. In a recent interaction, the AI startup’s CEO Aravind Srinivas has divulged that one of the reasons why Perplexity is to build a personalized profile of its users and potentially…
Perplexity AI has unveiled a major update to its iOS app, introducing Perplexity Assistant, a voice-powered AI feature that allows users to perform everyday tasks directly through their iPhone. From drafting emails and scheduling meetings to booking rides and playing specific media content, the assistant marks a significant step towards more intuitive human-AI interaction. Announced…
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has predicted that the new AI models could not only help cure diseases, but might even lead to the end of all diseases. Hassabis’ statement soon received an unexpected show of support from rival and Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas, who called him a “genius”. While speaking during the CBS’…
Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas has pitched the idea of creating a Siri like voice assistant for iPhones that works on âbasic stuffâ. Notably, Perplexity already has a AI assitant app for Android that competes directly with Google Assitant/ Gemini and this could be an attempt by the company to do a similar thing on…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas for building a rival Deep Research project based on China’s DeepSeek AI. Notably, OpenAI had recently rolled out Deep Research to ChatGPT which prompted Srinivas to bring a similar offering, albeit less accurate but faster and cheaper. The conversation began with Altman announcing a new…
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, took to X to highlight two crucial factors that have significantly improved the user experience (UX) and trust in AI products. According to Srinivas, the key drivers behind this transformation are the integration of sources (citations) and reasoning traces (chain of thought) within AI systems. Srinivasâ remarks come at…
The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI collaborated to create what they called âHumanityâs Last Exam,â a test stuffed with 3,000 PhD-level questions from mathematics, humanities and life sciences. A new Turing Test for the age of AI, only three models got scores close to 10%: OpenAI o1, Googleâs Gemini 2, and an…
DeepSeek R1, the reasoning model of Chinaâs AI startup which claims to offer performance on par with industry’s leading models at a fraction of the cost, is now available on the US search engine startup Perplexity AI, and it will support deep web research. âDeepSeek R1 is now available on Perplexity to support deep web…
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, has recently stepped up his focus on India’s AI ambitions and has now pledged to invest $1 million and 5 hours a week to help the country achieve greatness in AI. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Srinivas wrote, âI am ready to invest a $1mm personally and…
