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Amazon sends legal threats to Perplexity over agentic browsing

Amazon has told Perplexity to get its agentic browser out of its online store, the companies both confirmed publicly on Tuesday. After warning Perplexity multiple times that Comet, its AI-powered ...
Ars Technica

AI site Perplexity uses “stealth tactics” to flout no-crawl edicts, Cloudflare says

AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if true violates Internet norms that have been in place for more than ...
Business Insider

Perplexity's blockbuster investor demand shows just how wild the AI bubble has become

AI search engine startup Perplexity has been raising back-to-back funding rounds. The startup got fundraise offers at valuations from $14 billion to $50 billion in just a few months. Some investors ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases

Amazon.com Inc. has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity AI Inc. demanding that the artificial intelligence search startup stop allowing its AI browser agent, Comet, to make purchases online ...
Entrepreneur

An AI Startup Just Made an Unsolicited $34.5 Billion Bid for Chrome. Here’s Why a Sale Could Happen, Whether Google Wants It or Not.

San Francisco-based Perplexity AI just made a formal offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser. Perplexity said its offer to buy Chrome is “designed to satisfy an antitrust remedy.” The bid was reportedly ...