2025-08-04
Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again
Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to a new report from Cloudflare. Specifically, the report claims that the company's bots appear to be "stealth crawling" sites by disguising their identity to get around robots.txt files and firewalls.
Robots.txt is a simple file websites host that lets web crawlers know if they can scrape a websites' content or not. Perplexity's official Discover Copy
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Perplexity will now show hotel information from TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor has entered into a partnership with Perplexity to offer a human touch to the AI company's hotel information. Through this deal, listings for hotel searches on Perplexity will now incl [...]
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Perplexity's Comet AI browser is available now for $200 per month
Comet, Perplexity's AI-powered web browser, is available now for people paying for the company's $200 per month Perplexity Max subscription. The company offered the browser in a beta form fo [...]
2025-06-21
Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for AI startup Perplexity
Apple is looking for ways to prepare for an AI future without Google search. Now it's eyeing startup Perplexity. Meta already tried and struck out.<br /> The article Apple executives have h [...]
2025-02-28
Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+
The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]
2025-06-21
Apple is reportedly considering the acquisition of Perplexity AI
Apple's executives are thinking of acquiring Perplexity AI both to get more talent and to be able to offer an AI-based search engine in the future, according to Bloomberg. Adrian Perica, Apple� [...]
2025-07-02
Perplexity joins Anthropic and OpenAI in offering a $200 per month subscription
You can add Perplexity to the growing list of AI companies offering $200+ per month subscription plans to users who want unlimited access to their most advanced products and tools. As of today, Perple [...]
2025-03-21
Perplexity AI says it would rebuild TikTok's algorithm and add Community Notes features
Earlier this year, with a TikTok ban looming, Perplexity AI threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring to take over the embattled social media company. Now, the maker of the AI search engine is [...]