Perplexity AI — Latest News and Analysis

Microsoft has released a Bing AI Search Choice preview extension that turns off Copilot-style search answers while also setting Bing as the browser default.

Perplexity's Search as Code lets AI agents generate Python search workflows, but claimed token savings and benchmark gains still need outside validation.

Perplexity's local-cloud AI router decides when work stays on a PC or moves to cloud models, making task classification the launch's privacy test.

Perplexity has opened Personal Computer to all Mac users, widening access to its desktop AI agent while keeping advanced automation behind paid tiers.

Google has dismantled its Project Mariner browser AI team as browser agents lose users industry-wide, with coding tools like OpenClaw gaining traction instead.

A federal appeals court has temporarily allowed Perplexity AI's shopping agents back on Amazon, staying an injunction that blocked the Comet browser.

Google SVP Nick Fox has confirmed the company is not ruling out ads in Gemini, contradicting earlier denials as the AI chatbot surpasses 750 million users.

A federal judge has blocked Perplexity's Comet AI browser from accessing Amazon accounts or completing purchases, in a landmark agentic commerce ruling.

Samsung has added Perplexity AI to upcoming Galaxy devices with the 'Hey Plex' voice hotword, creating a multi-agent ecosystem alongside Gemini and Bixby.

Perplexity has abandoned its advertising strategy to focus on subscriptions and enterprise sales, reaching $200M ARR while targeting high-powered professionals.

Major news publishers have blocked Internet Archive access due to fears AI companies will use it as a backdoor to scrape content without authorization.

Perplexity has signed a three-year, $750 million deal with Microsoft to use Azure cloud services while maintaining AWS as its primary cloud provider.

Google has launched follow-up question support for AI Overviews, enabling seamless transitions to AI Mode with Gemini 3 powering responses globally.

Perplexity has launched a free program offering AI chatbots to law enforcement, despite research showing 30% error rates and real-world cases of false AI output.

Wikipedia has announced AI training deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity, and Mistral AI, addressing an 8% traffic decline caused by AI chatbots.

Microsoft has launched Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling AI-powered purchases through PayPal, Shopify, and Stripe partnerships as agentic commerce race heats up.

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as CEO to lead a strategic pivot toward making Firefox an "AI-first" browser, triggering immediate rejection from privacy-focused competitors.

Google has rolled out Gemini in Chrome for iOS with a new 'Liquid Glass' design, aiming to defend its search dominance against AI-native rivals like Atlas.

Google has unveiled a dual-model security architecture for Chrome to block prompt injection, directly addressing Gartner's call to ban AI browsers.

The New York Times has sued Perplexity AI, alleging its "answer engine" infringes copyright and tarnishes the brand with AI hallucinations.

Cloudflare has blocked 416 billion AI bot requests since July, with CEO Matthew Prince accusing Google of using its search monopoly to force AI training consent.

OpenAI has launched a GPT-5 mini shopping agent with 64% accuracy, but has paused instant checkout capabilities amid a fierce agentic commerce war.

Perplexity has dismissed a critical RCE vulnerability report as "fake news," though evidence suggests the company quietly patched the flaw days earlier.

Samsung launches Vision AI Companion, a generative AI-powered Bixby update for its 2025 TVs, featuring Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity for conversational AI.

Snap Inc. will integrate Perplexity's AI into Snapchat in a $400 million deal, aiming to reach nearly a billion users while the AI firm battles major copyright lawsuits.

Perplexity AI has released open-source kernels that enable trillion-parameter models on AWS EFA, a portable alternative to NVIDIA's dominant networking hardware.

Amazon has ordered Perplexity AI to stop its Comet agent from making purchases, accusing the startup of fraud and escalating the war over AI e-commerce.

AI search firm Perplexity signs a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images, a strategic pivot as it faces a wave of copyright lawsuits from major publishers.

AI search firm Perplexity has launched 'Perplexity Patents,' a new tool using natural language for IP research, even as it faces a growing number of copyright lawsuits.

A new academic study reveals that generative AI search from Google and OpenAI is often inconsistent, relies on fewer sources, and fails on time-sensitive news.