[steve86]

If you ask Perplexity what it is it used to say Claude but not anymore. Is it a separate LLM or just a front end to Claude or whatever? Since Claude and Perplexity are both from Anthropic I’ve got to think there is a lot of crossover.

[steve86]

Ok, I got Perplexity to spit out this:

"Perplexity AI does not publicly disclose exactly which large language model (LLM) I use as my backend. Based on the available information, Perplexity has developed its own online LLMs called pplx-7b-online and pplx-70b-online, which can access real-time information from the internet. These models are based on open-sourced models like mistral-7b and llama2-70b, which have been fine-tuned by Perplexity."

[RoosterRedux]

Agreed. There seems to be a lot of crossover. Claude's training cut-off is April 2024 and Perplexity is, of course, aimed primarily at news.

And then there are all the different Claude platforms: Haiku, Opus, and Sonnet.

I subscribed to Claude for a while and lost track of which platform I was using. When Claude started becoming slow to respond, I shifted by subscription to ChatGPT.

I use AI for my daily work so I jump between ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, depending on what I'm working on.

I stopped using Copilot and Gemini quite a while ago because they made so many errors. That said, I hear they have improved.

[RoosterRedux]

I did not know this. I just asked Perplexity about its connection to Anthropic and Claude and got this response:

Perplexity is not developed by Anthropic.

Perplexity is an independent company that has developed its own AI-powered search engine. However, Perplexity does utilize some of Anthropic's AI models, specifically Claude, as part of its service offerings.

Perplexity has partnered with Anthropic to incorporate Claude models into its platform:

Perplexity Pro users have access to Claude 2 and Claude 3 (both Sonnet and Opus versions) as options for powering their AI research assistant.

Perplexity uses Amazon Bedrock to simplify access to proprietary models like Anthropic's Claude, allowing them to offer multiple large language model (LLM) options to their users.

The integration of Claude models enhances Perplexity's capabilities, providing features like longer context windows, improved writing skills, and more natural responses.

While Perplexity and Anthropic collaborate, they remain separate entities. Perplexity has developed its own technology, including a proprietary enterprise search engine, and offers a unique hybrid of web search and AI-powered summaries. The company continues to innovate independently, as evidenced by recent features like Perplexity Pages.