Snap announces a deal to incorporate Perplexity's search engine into Snapchat from 2026; Perplexity will pay Snap $400M through a combination of cash and equity
https://lnkd.in/... Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : You gotta spend money to lose money [embedded post] Mark Riedl / @markriedl : I thought people were supposed to pay AI comp...
Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity and three data scraping companies, accusing them of illegally stealing its data by scraping Google search results
comparing them to “bank robbers” and accusing them of sidestepping its controls to scrape its data and get rich off the AI gravy train. https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... Andrew ...
Tech lobbyists see new opportunities to expand access to high-skilled H-1B visas and green cards by leveraging the sway of Elon Musk over the GOP
A holiday blowup over immigration between Trump's tech advisers and the GOP base suggests the road may be littered with obstacles.
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b vi...
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
This isn't ambiguous. — The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate, and it's over H-1b visas.
Perplexity's US election hub offered helpful, real-time election insights and maps on November 5, linking to reliable resources and providing historical context
https://lnkd.in/... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : The Other Election Night Winner: Perplexity See also Mediagazer
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says his offer to help the NYT was “to provide technical infra support” and “not to replace journalists or engineers”
The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services …
Report: OpenAI sees a clause in its Microsoft contract, which cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI tech if OpenAI develops AGI, as a path to a better contract
The New York Times on Thursday published a look at the “fraying” relationship between OpenAI and its investor, partner, and …
AI search engine Perplexity says it was working on revenue-sharing deals with publishers when Forbes staff accused it of plagiarizing Forbes' White Stork scoop
The Scoop — Perplexity, the AI search startup that recently came under fire from Forbes for allegedly misusing its content …
Amazon says it is shutting down a controversial program in 2020 that uses AI to send shoppers free samples based on their buying habits
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TfL says Uber's London license will not be renewed after it identified risks in Uber's system that allowed drivers to fake their identity; some were unlicensed
Ride-hailing service to continue while it appeals against Transport for London decision — Uber has lost its licence …
Facebook buys CTRL-Labs, which makes a bracelet that measures neuron activity to detect movements the user is thinking about; sources: size of deal is $500M-$1B
- CTRL-Labs is said to fetch $500 million to $1 billion — Facebook may one day pair the technology with AR or VR glasses
Stripe launches Stripe Capital, a service for advancing loans to customers that get repaid out of future sales made through Stripe's platform, in the US
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Report: scammers used commercially available voice-generating AI software to impersonate a German company's boss, tricking a manager into transferring $243K
Ravie Lakshmanan / The Next Web : Source: Wall Street Journal .