Perplexity Dove Into Real Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back

Perplexity Dove Into Real-Time Election Tracking While Other AI Companies Held Back

The controversial AI search engine, accused of aggressively scraping content, went all in on providing AI-generated election information.

Tech - Wired - 3 hours ago

Boeing vote to decide how fast company gets back on track

The new contract proposal would not reinstate pensions, but it could be enough to sway voting workers, especially as the holiday season approaches.

Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago

Meta AI to Use Reuters Content to Answer User Questions in Real Time

Meta AI didn’t share whether it would use Reuters content to train its large-language model.

Business - Inc. - October 27

Schools embrace Election Day lessons, while 12th graders head to the polls for real

Students around the country are getting mock elections, nine-week campaign courses and field trips to the polls, where many high school seniors will vote for their first time on Tuesday. ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Perplexity AI Hopes to Double Its Valuation to $8 Billion

The Jeff Bezos-backed AI company is looking to raise around $500 million in its new funding round.

Business - Inc. - October 20

Perplexity AI seeks valuation of about $9 billion in new funding round

Perplexity started the year with a roughly $500 million valuation and has continued attracting significant investor interest alongside the generative AI boom.

Business - CNBC - October 21

Murdoch’s Dow Jones sues AI start-up Perplexity for infringement

Publishers accuse company of ‘freeriding’ on valuable news content

Business - Financial Times - October 21

A Lawsuit Against Perplexity Calls Out Fake News AI Hallucinations

In a new copyright lawsuit against AI startup Perplexity, Dow Jones and the New York Post argue that hallucinating fake news and attributing it to real papers is illegal.

Tech - Wired - October 21

Murdoch Papers Sue AI Developer Perplexity for ‘Freeriding’ Their Content

The publishers of the Wall Street Journal and New York Post attacked the AI developer for stealing articles to train its ‘answer machine’ chatbot.

Business - Inc. - October 22

AI Startup Perplexity to Triple Valuation to $9 Billion in New Funding Round

The artificial intelligence search company is raising $500 million in its fourth funding round this year.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 22 hours ago

Perplexity Gets ‘Cease and Desist’ Notice From the New York Times

The newspaper wants the AI company to stop using its content to train its chatbot applications.

Business - Inc. - October 16

New York Times to Bezos-Backed AI Startup: Stop Using Our Stuff

Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content. Startup isn’t interested “in being anyone’s antagonist,” CEO says.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 15

Transracial adoptees push back against long-held narrative they should be 'grateful'

Amid recent investigations on systemic adoption fraud by the Chinese and South Korean governments, adoptees are speaking out on a narrative they should be "grateful."

AI Startup Perplexity in Funding Talks to More Than Double Valuation to $8 Billion

The search-based chatbot is seeking to raise around $500 million in what would be its fourth funding round in a year.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 20

AI search start-up Perplexity targets $8bn valuation in new funding round

Investor frenzy over artificial intelligence continues after OpenAI valued at $150bn in latest fundraising

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Perplexity AI in final stages of raising $500 million round at $9 billion valuation

Perplexity AI is in the final stages of raising $500 million in funding at a $9 billion valuation, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC.

Business - CNBC - 22 hours ago

Winter depression is real and there are many ways to fight back

People prone to seasonal depression are bracing themselves as winter approaches

Health - ABC News - 6 days ago

The conversation: Can Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard get the Bucks back on track?

Let's preview the 2024-25 Milwaukee Bucks, including their best-case and worst-case scenarios

Sports - CBS Sports - October 21

How the Lakers' D'Angelo Russell helped get Max Christie back on track

The veteran point guard suspected his younger teammate had lost some confidence, so he planned a way for the two to create some scoring chances.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 2 days ago

Givan criticised for LCC meeting while declining 205 others

The Education Minister Paul Givan has declined 205 meetings since taking office.

2024 US Election Live Blog: Tracking Election Results, Extremism, and Disinformation

Join us for the latest on the US presidential election as we’re tracking extremism, propaganda, online disinformation, and the results themselves.

Tech - Wired - 2 days ago

Oil scores back-to-back gains, but ‘bearish landscape’ remains

Oil futures scored a second straight session of gains on Tuesday to claw back some of steep losses suffered last week, with prices supported by some upbeat prospects for Chinese demand and ongoing ...

Business - MarketWatch - October 22

Toys aren't just child's play. Mattel, Lego and others find 'kidults' bring in big business

Mattel, Lego and other toy companies are targeting a growing number of adults who are buying toys for themselves.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 17

Woman dies after backing into plane propeller while taking photos

A 37-year-old Kansas woman was killed when she backed into a plane's spinning propeller while trying to take photos, officials said.

WATCH: Woman dies after backing into plane propeller while taking photos

Amanda Gallagher was on the plane to snap photos of skydivers, and she rode the plane back down after the skydivers jumped, according to Air Capital Drop Zone, where the incident took place.

It’s Time for America to Get Real With Iran and Israel

A real strategy for coercive U.S. diplomacy to change Iran’s behavior.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

Tracking college basketball freshman debuts: How Cooper Flagg and other five-star recruits did in first game

We're tracking the performances of every five-star recruit from the 2024 recruiting class in their first college game

Sports - CBS Sports - Yesterday

TSMC CEO says AI is not in a bubble and its growth is for real

the chief executive of contract manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. says the artificial intelligence revolution is for real.

Business - MarketWatch - October 17

AI Boom Is Real---and Really Profitable---Says Chip Maker TSMC

The world’s largest contract chip maker says revenue from AI-related products is expected to triple this year.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 17

Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI

Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 14

Ishiba’s election gamble: Japan’s PM fights to keep LDP on track

Reduced majority could impair the prime minister’s ability to tackle economic and demographic challenges

World - Financial Times - October 15

A Recent Timeline of Elon Musk Going All In on Trump

Over the past month, Elon Musk has put himself in position to take the credit for a Donald Trump win—or the blame for a loss.

Tech - Wired - 2 days ago

King's Australia tour gives a real sense of him being back in business

Eight months after his cancer diagnosis was revealed, this royal tour is important for Charles - and the monarchy.

Companies brace for Tuesday: Mentions of election surge on earnings conference calls

More companies are talking publicly with investors about the presidential election than in recent cycles.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

‘Conclave’ Review: Serpents and Doves Amok in the Vatican

This film, based on Robert Harris’s 2016 thriller of the same title, centers on a British cardinal (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), and a campaign for a new pope.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 25

Chinese smartphone companies tout AI features ahead of Apple Intelligence launch

Chinese smartphone companies are rolling out artificial intelligence features for local users, adding pressure on Apple.

Business - CNBC - October 23

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