Perplexity AI: Google's $9B Nightmare
Perplexity AI raised $500M at a $9B valuation to do what Google won't: give you answers, not ads. But can a fancy AI wrapper actually kill search, or is it just the next hype cycle?
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Fake Perplexity Chrome Extension Was Lurking in Your Browser
A malicious Chrome extension disguised as Perplexity AI was silently intercepting every search and address bar input. The AI hype gold rush has created a paradise for data thieves.
Gemini Gets Hands: AI Computer Use Goes Budget
Google's strapping computer use to Gemini Flash — the budget tier. Not about winning demos. About making agentic AI cheap enough to throw at everything. Claude should be nervous.
A24 x DeepMind: Indie Cinema's Algorithmic Era Begins
Google DeepMind and A24 just announced a 'first-of-its-kind research partnership.' Translation: the indie film darling and the AI giant are dating, and Hollywood's guilds are watching very carefully.
AI Giants' Data Grab Finally Catches a Lawsuit
The trillion-parameter AI gold rush always relied on your data. Now Perplexity, Meta, and Google face a $12.5B lawsuit that could expose the whole dirty training pipeline.
AI Price War: Race to Zero Activated
OpenAI and Anthropic are getting squeezed as Google, DeepSeek, and Meta slash AI prices toward zero. The foundation model business is commoditizing faster than the valuations can handle.
Perplexity's CEO Says ONE Metric Wins AI. Sure Bro.
Perplexity's CEO went on CNBC claiming ONE metric will decide the AI race. Cool story. Here's why that's peak hype-cycle nonsense from someone who should know better.
DuckDuckGo Surges 30% as Google Force-Feeds AI Search
DuckDuckGo installs surge 30% as users flee Google's AI Overviews. The AI backlash is here, and it's wearing a duck costume.
Erin Brockovich Mapped 4,200 Data Centers. AI's Dirty Secret Is Out.
Erin Brockovich mapped 4,200+ US data centers and asked communities to report the damage. AI's environmental tab is coming due — and Silicon Valley doesn't want to pay it.
The Pope Just Dropped an AI Diss Track and Big Tech Is Shook
Pope Leo's new encyclical calls out Big Tech's algorithmic opacity and concentration of power. In a world of AI oligarchs and token-burning vanity projects, the Vicar of Christ might be the most honest tech critic alive.