Perplexity's CEO wants its new browser to learn everything about you

AI Browser Will Track Every Single Thing You Do, CEO Reveals

Let's face it: internet ads are a fixture of life in the 21st century. Since 2002, Google has been rolling out features designed to monetize our browsing habits and feed our data to marketing companies hellbent on optimizing their advertising schemes. Now, AI company Perplexity wants to use AI to even further optimize the way it sucks up your data to sell at a profit. As spotted by TechCrunch, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said on a YouTube po…

The CEO of Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, spoke about the company's strategy, including the next Comet browser. He revealed that one of the reasons Perplexity is preparing this proposal is to collect data on...

Perplexity's CEO wants its new browser to learn everything about you

When it comes to internet browsers, most people expect a fair trade-off: fast access to information, a few ads, and, hopefully, a bit of privacy. But with the upcoming Perplexity browser, that balance might tilt a bit too far in the wrong direction. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas recently revealed that the company’s new browser, Comet, is designed not just to help users navigate the web but to learn everything it can about their online behavior…

What Siri Isn’t: Perplexity’s Voice Assistant and the Potential of LLMs Integrated with iOS

Perplexity's voice assistant for iOS. You've probably heard that Perplexity – a company whose web scraping tactics I generally despise, and the only AI bot we still block at MacStories – has rolled out an iOS version of their voice assistant that integrates with several native features of the operating system. Here's their promo video in case you missed it: This is a very clever idea: while other major LLMs' voice modes are limited to having a c…

Engadget: Perplexity is building a browser in part to collect customer data for targeted ads | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Engadget: Perplexity is building a browser in part to collect customer data for targeted ads. “AI company Perplexity announced in February that it was building its own browser called Comet. In a recent interview with the TBPN podcast, CEO Aravind Srinivas gave some insight as to why the business appeared to be branching out from its artificial intelligence focus: It’s to collect user data and sell them targeted advertisements.”The post Engadget:…

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