I agree. I just got a free year of Pro and have ditched ChatGPT/Gemini. Perplexity is awesome and I don’t want Apple ruining it.
Traditional search engines are on the way out. It’s actually a good thing Apple never got into that market. Google’s share is dropping. It’s “only” ~3-4% they’ve gone down but it’s a warning sign.
I have no issue with your view of Gurman, just mine is different.
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Yes perplexity is just some wrapper that adds ads to your AI experience. It’s like the windows start menu for AI. If Apple buys this it’s a huge mistake
It may sound weird but Apple should absolutely NOT acquire any AI company. They need to do this themselves, even if it means hiring AI experts from other companies. Partnering is not bad as an idea too.. but they need to own it all.
Apple executives have been discussing the possibility of the company making a bid to acquire Perplexity AI, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Perplexity is one of the leading AI startups that has proven popular as an AI-infused web search engine.
Mergers and acquisitions chief Adrian Perica, services head Eddy Cue, and other executives overseeing Apple's AI efforts have been participating in the discussions, which Gurman says "are at an early stage and may not lead to an offer." Apple declined to comment, while Perplexity said that it has "no knowledge of any current or future M&A discussions involving Perplexity."
Whether or not Apple makes a bid for Perplexity may hinge on the outcome of the ongoing Google antitrust trial, as Apple's deal with the search engine giant to make Google the default search engine on Apple devices and which brings Apple roughly $20 billion per year could be nullified as part of a ruling against Google.
Perplexity's most recent funding round valued the company at $14 billion, so an outright acquisition by Apple would undoubtedly be by far the largest deal in the Cupertino company's history, topping its $3 billion purchase of Beats over a decade ago.
As an alternative to an acquisition, Apple could instead choose to partner with Perplexity to add its AI search capabilities to Safari and Siri, and the two companies have met multiple times in recent months to discuss Perplexity's technology. Perplexity is, however, said to be close to a far-reaching deal with Samsung to bringing its AI features to the phones of Apple's biggest rival, a move that could complicate any potential deal with Apple.
Article Link: Apple Internally Discussing Whether to Bid to Acquire Perplexity AI
Hallucinations are scary. Not because they're wrong, but due to how accurately AI portrays the wrong answer as correct. And given how much trust people have in Apple, it can go very wrong.
The latter is true a lot with Marky Mark, I had the "pleasure" of meeting him an couple of times.
I too doubt OpenAI will merge with Apple, they’ve likely already had that discussion. A merger might seem like Apple’s only shot at thriving in this new AI era, but AI isn’t just another device, it’s a transformative entity.
Nope, won’t be happening, this is a mirage. Neither QC hardware nor quantum algorithms are anywhere near that.
Yes it is a wrapper and their results are spot on. Siri would greatly benefit from it.
