To me this just shows that Perplexity is definitely being controlled by some other force other than AI developers, and different from what they publicly would admit to. Perhaps the US Gov't is involved? ...because I don't think any other investors would be able to hide their true funding source and motives quite like the Gov't.
Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
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Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#42Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#43Obvious PR move, they don't have near enough money.
They’re suggesting a merger, not a sale.
Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#44I don't know if it would come with the deal, but Bytedance web crawler is known to be the one with top number of requests per day among AI crawlers (src: https://blog.cloudflare.com/declaring-your-aindependence-blo... ) I guess one of Perplexity challenges is to have their own web index and of course that starts with having a powerful crawler. Also having a powerful crawler is useful for capturing tokens to train models. If that technology comes with the deal, it makes perfect sense for Perplexity to acquire them.
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#45It's a shame because Perplexity is BY FAR the most useful AI tool out there. This shows they have clearly no vision and won't be able to keep afloat.
Or due to their power, they've already secretly been taken over by the US Gov't. That's not really a "big conspiracy theory" at this point. I was mocked by the left for years for saying that the Gov't was involved in Facebook censorship. Turns out I was right. The biggest battle our Gov't has to wage is the battle for hearts and minds, and the control of information, and so they're trying to get in as deeply rooted as possible with every big AI company.
Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.
Is there anything of value in TikTok videos?
If you're using the term "value" to refer to monetary value, yes. If you're using it to refer to some other kind of value, it probably isn't relevant to the viability of the proposed merge.
Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#47Perplexity sounds desperate. They got early traction and have money but they seem to be lost.
Well yeah all these AI companies are desperate, it's a highly competitive space with billions of dollars being thrown around to try and win it.
Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#48It's a shame because Perplexity is BY FAR the most useful AI tool out there. This shows they have clearly no vision and won't be able to keep afloat.
Perplexity are also flagrant copyright violators
Re: Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
#49Perplexity sounds desperate. They got early traction and have money but they seem to be lost.
They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.
The entire point is that Perplexity is several orders of magnitude smaller than ByteDance and just making the offer is a sign of immaturity.