PERPLEXITY AI

About Perplexity AI

AI-powered answer engine providing direct answers with citations using advanced language models.

Recent News about Perplexity AI

• Nature Health calls for clearer decision authority in medical AI

  On July 29, 2026 Nature Health published a comment by ByteDance scientist Yu Gu and Eric Topol arguing that health AI systems should be regulated based on how much they can influence individual health decisions. The authors warn that as AI is used both inside and outside clinics, oversight must track where real decision authority effectively sits.

  Source: Nature Health2026-07-29T13:10:41.916Z

• Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta push US to back open-weight AI models

  On July 24, 25 major tech firms including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Dell, Palantir and Hugging Face sent a policy letter urging the US government not to impose premature restrictions on open-weight AI models. Indian Express, China Daily and others reported the campaign on July 25, highlighting arguments that open-weight systems boost competition, security and US AI leadership.([indianexpress.com](https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-microsoft-meta-push-for-open-weight-ai-10803122/))

  Source: The Indian Express2026-07-25T11:38:00.000Z

• Google AI Overviews and Perplexity face German media law clampdown

  Germany’s state media authority ZAK issued its first decisions against Google’s AI Overviews and Perplexity’s AI news/chatbot services on July 14, 2026, treating their outputs as original media content. Reuters and other outlets report the regulator will apply German media law to these AI services, following a Munich court ruling that held Google liable for false AI Overview answers.

  Source: Die Medienanstalten (ZAK)2026-07-14T21:07:20.806Z

• OpenAI shutters Atlas browser and folds agents into ChatGPT Work

  OpenAI is shutting down its Atlas AI browser less than a year after launch and shifting its web‑agent features into the main ChatGPT app and a Chrome extension. The company is simultaneously pushing a new productivity suite called ChatGPT Work aimed at office workflows.

  Source: Futurism / Yahoo Tech2026-07-12T15:01:00.000Z

• OpenAI Atlas and AI browsers reshape battle for the web

  On July 3, 2026 TechCrunch profiled a new wave of AI‑centric browsers, including OpenAI’s Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet, The Browser Company’s Dia, Opera’s Neon and Jatter, that embed agentic AI directly into browsing. The piece notes Atlas offers an agent mode inside ChatGPT, while Comet and Dia act as task‑performing assistants over users’ web sessions. ([techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/03/as-the-browser-wars-heat-up-here-are-the-hottest-alternatives-to-chrome-and-safari-in-2026/?utm_source=openai))

  Source: TechCrunch2026-07-03T18:43:00.000Z

• ChatGPT share falls below 50% as Gemini and Claude gain ground

  Chile’s TVN reported on June 30, 2026 that ChatGPT’s global market share among AI assistants has dropped to 46.4%, according to Sensor Tower’s State of AI Report 2026. Google’s Gemini now holds 27.7% share and Anthropic’s Claude 10.3%, with other assistants like Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Meta AI each below 5%.

  Source: Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN)2026-06-30T13:09:53.241Z

• CiteLens launches GEO platform to track brand visibility in AI answers

  Turkish startup CiteLens announced via EIN Presswire the general availability of its Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) platform, which measures how often AI systems like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews recommend or cite a brand. The platform offers both self‑serve dashboards and paid audits to benchmark a company’s presence in AI‑generated answers across markets and languages.

  Source: EIN Presswire2026-06-21T21:06:21.543Z

• ChatGPT market share falls below 50% as Gemini and Claude surge

  On June 16, 2026, TechCrunch reported Sensor Tower’s State of AI 2026 data showing OpenAI’s ChatGPT has fallen to 46.4% global market share, below 50% for the first time. Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude now account for much of the remaining share, with other assistants like xAI’s Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Meta AI still under 5% individually.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-06-16T10:30:00.000Z

• Strava tightens data access to block AI scrapers before IPO

  On June 1, 2026, Strava announced it will lock most public-facing data behind authentication and introduce an $11.99 monthly fee for API developers to curb AI-driven scraping. CEO Michael Martin said the changes are aimed at stopping AI companies and poorly built apps from overloading Strava’s systems as it prepares for an IPO.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-06-01T12:00:00.000Z

• CNN sues Perplexity AI over mass copyright scraping of 17,000 stories

  CNN has filed a federal lawsuit in New York alleging that Perplexity AI unlawfully copied and distributed thousands of its stories, videos and images to power AI search products, with new regional coverage surfacing on May 29, 2026. The complaint claims more than 17,000 CNN works were scraped and reproduced in outputs that are “identical or substantially similar” to the originals.

  Source: Investing.com (Reuters)2026-05-28T14:13:00.000Z