Perplexity News & Updates for August 2025

Perplexity offers 34.5 billion to buy Google Chrome and keep it open source

11 days ago

Perplexity offered $34.5 billion to buy Chrome from Google, pledging to keep Chromium open source and invest $3 billion. It will keep Google as Chrome's default search engine. The bid follows DOJ's push to force Google to sell Chrome over monopoly issues. Chrome dominates with 68% market share. Perplexity's offer exceeds its $18 billion valuation and $1.5 billion raised. Perplexity also launched Comet browser and bid to merge with TikTok.

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Cloudflare Blocks Perplexity AI for Stealth Crawling and Rule Evasion

19 days ago

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Perplexity uses stealth crawlers that change user agents and IPs to bypass no-crawl directives and ignore robots.txt files. Cloudflare blocked these undeclared crawlers after tests showed Perplexity accessed restricted content despite blocks. Unlike OpenAI, Perplexity evades detection and violates crawling norms. Cloudflare added rules to block such AI crawling, protecting customers and promoting transparent, respectful bot behavior.

Perplexity launches Comet AI browser to challenge Google Search

1 months ago

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Perplexity launched Comet, an AI-powered browser challenging Google Search, available first to $200/month Max plan subscribers and invitees. It features Perplexity's AI search engine and Comet Assistant, which automates tasks like summarizing emails and managing tabs. Comet aims to enhance curiosity, organize digital life, boost productivity, and provide personalized, intelligent browsing with privacy and usability focus.

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Perplexity partners with PayPal to launch AI-powered in-chat shopping for US users

3 months ago

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Perplexity partners with PayPal to enable agentic commerce on its Pro platform, allowing U.S. users to shop instantly via chat using PayPal or Venmo. This integration supports secure, seamless transactions with features like tokenized wallets and passkey checkouts. The collaboration aims to enhance conversational commerce, leveraging PayPal's global reach and security, challenging traditional shopping tools like Google Shopping.

Perplexity announces upcoming launch of AI-powered web browser Comet

5 months ago

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Perplexity is launching a new web browser named Comet, which aims to reinvent browsing alongside its AI search engine. A sign-up list has been created, but details on features and release date are unclear. Comet will enter a competitive market with established players like Chrome and emerging alternatives like Dia. Perplexity hopes to leverage its existing user base for traction. The company is rapidly expanding its product offerings.

Perplexity launches freemium Deep Research product for expert-level analysis

6 months ago

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Perplexity has launched Deep Research, a freemium tool for in-depth research and analysis. Users can ask questions, and the tool performs extensive searches and synthesizes findings into reports. Free users have limited queries, while pro subscribers enjoy unlimited access. Deep Research excels in various fields, achieving high accuracy on benchmarks and completing tasks quickly. It is available on the web and will soon be on mobile platforms.

Perplexity AI Integrates DeepSeek AI Model

6 months ago

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Perplexity AI has launched a self-hosted version of the Chinese DeepSeek R1 reasoning model for Pro users. The announcement faced backlash due to concerns about data accessibility to the Chinese government and censorship. CEO Aravind Srinivas clarified that all DeepSeek usage occurs in data centers in the USA and Europe, ensuring no data goes to China. While the model can be downloaded for local use, it may be censored based on its training data.

Perplexity AI submits new bid to merge with TikTok

6 months ago

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Perplexity AI has submitted a revised proposal to merge with TikTok, allowing the U.S. government to own up to 50 percent of the new entity. The plan includes an initial public offering of at least $300 million, with ByteDance possibly retaining ownership. This revision follows feedback from the Trump administration. TikTok briefly went down due to a law requiring ByteDance to sell or face a ban, but the deadline was extended after Trump's intervention.

Perplexity launches Sonar API for real-time AI search capabilities

7 months ago

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Perplexity launched the Sonar and Sonar Pro APIs for AI search, emphasizing accuracy. These APIs provide real-time web access and trusted sources for developers to create advanced search capabilities. Sonar is lightweight and affordable for quick Q&A, while Sonar Pro manages complex queries with more citations and a larger context window. Companies like Copy AI and Zoom utilize Sonar to enhance productivity and ensure accurate information retrieval.

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