[Drago]

A bit on the “scammy” side (and a lack of privacy protection):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplexity.ai

https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2024/06/11/why-perplexitys-cynical-theft-represents-everything-that-could-go-wrong-with-ai/

https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/

https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-plagiarized-our-story-about-how-perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/

https://rknight.me/blog/perplexity-ai-is-lying-about-its-user-agent/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91144894/perplexity-ai-ceo-aravind-srinivas-on-plagiarism-accusations

https://www.wired.com/story/aws-perplexity-bot-scraping-investigation/

https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/faq/what-data-does-perplexity-collect-about-me

[dennisw]

The Perplex downside. Thanks!