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AI Startup Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
AI Startup Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
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 Jun 20 2024    13:42 PM
 
 
A WIRED investigation shows that the AI search startup Perplexity is surreptitiously downloading your data.   Read More
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