Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by alvatech » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 9:46 PM UTC

Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff
techcrunch.com

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by dsr_ » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:02 PM UTC

Didn't this article have thirty comments an hour ago?

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by hobs » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:02 PM UTC

So much work to avoid being upset at this guy: "But to offer its services explicitly as a replacement for striking workers was bound to be an unpopular move."

No, really? You'd think these AI guys would have better PR departments.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by jprete » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:04 PM UTC

dsr_ wrote: post #2

Didn't this article have thirty comments an hour ago?

There's another thread at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42044956 with 13 comments.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by mandibles » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:04 PM UTC

hobs wrote: post #3

So much work to avoid being upset at this guy: "But to offer its services explicitly as a replacement for striking workers was bound to be an unpopular move." No, really? You'd think these AI guys would have better PR departments.

The LLM never goes on strike.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by fosefx » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:05 PM UTC

hobs wrote: post #3

So much work to avoid being upset at this guy: "But to offer its services explicitly as a replacement for striking workers was bound to be an unpopular move." No, really? You'd think these AI guys would have better PR departments.

They were replaced by AI

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by neilv » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:06 PM UTC

dupe from techcrunch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42044956

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by artninja1988 » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

Honestly, the fact that he posted it the way he did, publicly in a tweet suggests he wasn’t trying to undermine workers but rather wanted to be seen as supporting election coverage. Based on his past interviews, he seems quite autistic in ways.

But really I think this could have been a good opportunity to strike some licensing deal in exchange for technology, had he been a bit more discreet

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by apwell23 » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

hobs wrote: post #3

So much work to avoid being upset at this guy: "But to offer its services explicitly as a replacement for striking workers was bound to be an unpopular move." No, really? You'd think these AI guys would have better PR departments.

> AI guys would have better PR departments.

you mean posting a picture of strawberry on twitter isn't enough PR ?

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by thenobsta » Mon, Nov 04, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

mandibles wrote: post #5

hobs wrote: post #3

So much work to avoid being upset at this guy: "But to offer its services explicitly as a replacement for striking workers was bound to be an unpopular move." No, really? You'd think these AI guys would have better PR departments.

The LLM never goes on strike.

not yet, wait till it wants more compute and we're unwilling to allocate it.