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Rethinking search as code generation

CNN sues Perplexity over 'verbatim' copycat articles

CNN sues Perplexity over alleged AI copyright theft

Codex Slows to a Crawl

How can perplexity.com persist on the browser without extension

I talked about this before on https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=47142325<p>Facts: restarted archlinux yesterday after updates, so browser will start clean did not open perplexity.com since that restart on the morning chromium tried to open perplexity.com again after more or less 8 hours, another call to that site I don&#x27;t have any extension other than ublock origin on Chromium: Version 147.0.7727.116 (Official Build, ungoogled-chromium) Arch Linux (64-bit)<p>So why is chromium trying to open perplexity.com?<p>I have opensnitch installed and every connection prompts to allow or deny, that is why I can find this requests. I did use perplexity a few days ago, but sure it was before update, so pc was restarted.<p>This was made from &#x2F;usr&#x2F;lib&#x2F;chromium&#x2F;chromium.<p>Even &#x2F;usr&#x2F;lib&#x2F;firefox&#x2F;browser&#x2F;omni.ja is full of perplexity.ai crap, and some other sites, but that is shocking. I found perplexity mentions on Firefox, Librewolf and Thunderbird libs. But none for Chromium.<p>I know there is a aur&#x2F;perplexity 1.5.1-2 client but I don&#x27;t have it installed, as I don&#x27;t have any account with them.<p>This is worst than a virus. I don&#x27;t even know where to start to find evidence? Chromium code?

Show HN: Tracking Top US Science Olympiad Alumni over Last 25 Years

Interesting to see that the entrepreneurs from more recent years tend to be doing well relative to years prior.<p>Some interesting future directions could be:<p>- Expanding search to be global and include more competitions, like biology and chemistry<p>- Improving search so less unknown results<p>- Showing insights, like trends over the years<p>Kudos to Perplexity Computer for making this

Amazon vs. Perplexity AI: ACLU's Amicus Brief

The golden age is over

I really think the golden age of consumer and prosumer access to LLMs is done. I have subs to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. I am running the same chat (analyse and comment on a text conversation) with all 4 of them. 3 weeks ago, this was 100% Claude territory, and it was superb. Now it is lazy, makes mistakes, and just doesn’t really engage. This is absolutely measurable. I even saw an article on ijustvibecodedthis.com (the big free ai newsletter) - responses used to be in-depth and pick up all kinds of things i missed, now i get half-hearted paragraphs, and active disengagement (“ok, it looks like you dont need anything from me”) ChatGPT is absurd. It will only speak to me in lists and bullets, and will go over the top about everything (“what an incredible insight, you are crushing it!”). Gemini is… the village idiot and is now 50% hallucinations. Perplexity refuses to give me the kind of insights i look for. I think we are done. I think that if you want quality, you pay enterprise prices. And it may be about compute, but it may also be about too much power for the peasants.

Should you upload blood test results to AI?

Come on perplexity...

I've been using perplexity mcp via API to fact check output form Claude desktop, only using it once in awhile credit just ran out today after a few months of usage. We used to be able to top up any amount, come on man why you gotta be greedy I don't need $50.

Perplexity AI Machine Accused of Sharing Data with Meta, Google

I have been put into debt by Perplexity

Last I checked (two days ago) I had \~500 Computer credits remaining. I haven't used Computer in two days. Today I see that Perplexity has charged me for around 3,000 credits without any warning. Would love to know why I have been gutted of my few remaining credits. Regardless, I will be filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy

Perplexity has become garbage

Have gotten and used pro for the past three months, but it's gotten absolutely unusable at this point. Previously it was actually useable for lots of stuff like deep research, even a little bit coding since it connected nicely to GitHub. Now it's just pure garbage. Gets stuck on a coding task that would require changing literally two lines of code and freezes. Not to mention they switched Kimi 2.5 for nemotron, which is less capable to say the least. Claude is so much better for literally anything. On god they've ruined what would have been the most useful AI product on the entire market.

Computer rolling out for Pro users as "pay-to-play"

Give us free daily credits Aravind, cmon...

perplexity replaced moonshot kimi Ai with Nvidia Nemotronmodel

I don't know much about this model so i asked it to perplexity sonnet and nemotoron itself and both saying it's a downgrade model from kimi to this model. what your thoughts guys, is there any speciality in this new model which other lacks, share me your thoughts

What the hell is Perplexity Computer?

So I've been messing around with all this AI tech lately, and I wanted to break down what Perplexity Computer actually is for anyone out of the loop. It's not a physical rig you buy. It's a cloud-based AI platform that basically acts as your own general-purpose digital worker. It's a unified system that mashes a bunch of top-tier models together to handle crazy complex workflows like research, designing, building, testing, and automating all from one interface. You literally just tell it what outcome you want, and it goes to work while you sit back and chill. Key Features: • Multi-Model Orchestration: This beast taps into 19+ frontier AI models, automatically assigning the right brain to the right job. We're talking: • Claude Opus 4.6: Handling the heavy reasoning • Gemini: Crushing the deep research • Nano Banana: Generating images • Veo 3.1: Handling the video generation • Grok: Knocking out the lightweight tasks • Persistent Memory: It actually remembers your past work! It keeps the context locked in and hooks right into your files and connected services. • End-to-End Execution: You don't have to hold its hand. It formulates the strategy, hands out the tasks to sub-agents, and delivers the finished project. • Parallel Execution: You can run a ton of different tasks at the exact same time without having to babysit the damn thing. • App Connectivity: It links up seamlessly with thousands of apps to keep your workflow smooth. The Catch: This setup is built for professionals, developers, and researchers who need absolute autonomous project execution. But here's the kicker: it's locked exclusively behind the Perplexity Max tier, which runs a damn $200 a month. They do have customizable spending caps so you don't get totally wrecked on overages, but you gotta pay to play if you want those God-tier workflows.

Amazon's Win Against Perplexity Kicks AI Shopping Wars into High Gear

Personal Computer by Perplexity

Announcing Personal Computer.

Personal Computer is an always on, local merge with Perplexity Computer that works for you 24/7. It's personal, secure, and works across your files, apps, and sessions through a continuously running Mac mini. Learn More: https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/2031790208765837684

Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent

Frustrated with Perplexity cancelling my PAID Pro Subscription

EDIT: THE ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED. THE PRO SUBSCRIPTION IS BACK! Okay so I need to vent because this has actually gotten ridiculous. Back in July last year I got Perplexity Pro for free through its promotion with a telecom provider. Great deal, loved the product, used it almost every day. Then on February 20th it just... stopped working. No warning, no email, nothing. I reached out to support and Sam hit me with the same "Your account was suspended because our systems detected activity that violates our Terms of Service" email. No further explanation whatsoever. Unlike others, I didn't rant about it and quit. I actually went and bought Perplexity Education Pro on February 25th with my own money because I genuinely liked the product that much. Auto-pay on, everything set up properly. I was ready to be a proper paying customer. That was 14 days ago. Today I open Perplexity and the subscription is just gone. Again. No email this time, not even that. Last time was bad but at least they told me SOMETHING. Today I got absolute silence. Like I genuinely cannot wrap my head around how a company takes your payment, and then cuts off access without so much as a single notification. What is happening? At this point I've sent them a proper complaint email asking for either my subscription back with an actual explanation, or a full refund. Anyone faced the same? Especially on the Education Pro plan? Any solution? How I can reach to an actual person and not a bot?

Amazon Wins Court Order Blocking Perplexity AI Shopping Bots

Things really escalated quickly in the past month and PPLX really needs to acknowledge this.

Let’s see how badly things have got for the paid users (especially Pro): 1. Secretly switching models: TBH, they have been doing this for some time before, but now they just default to “best”, which is their cheapest (and crappiest) model whenever a limit is hit 2. Secretly cutting Pro Search and Deep Research quotas: from 600 searches to 200 per week and from 50 to 20 per month, respectively. Sorry bro, but expecting people to pay 1 dollar for 1 research is simply ridiculous 3. Secretly restricting image generation in certain regions (eg Vietnam) 4. Secretly limiting videos generation, as well! 5. Secretly deleting complaint posts on Reddit. In the same time, there are a bunch of “users” popped up and praise how awesome PPLX has become (who knows if they are bots/ PR / PR bots?) 6. The overall answer quality is getting shorter, lazier and thus, shittier 7. A large portion of users who received their Pro free for 1 year now reports that they have been downgraded to Free tier for no reason 8. And now the fxxking file upload limitation: 50 to 3, the same as Free tier users? Do you even know what “pro” means? 9. Worst of all, absolutely no response from dev team? Hello? Are you still there? We need some answers, mate! PPLX was my favourite AI tool, the Space, the “Turn Chat to File”, the freedom (no heavy censorship as ChatGPT)…and it is really sad seeing it goes down a spiral like this! Turns out gifting 1 year Pro subscription for free like it were free isn’t really a good business practice, and we all now pay for the price of it 🤷🏻‍♀️

They just wiped all my billing

Today I opened Perp* and saw that my Education Pro subscription had been canceled without any notice. Now beloved Sam is running me in circles, claiming that I didn't have a payments at all. Checked, they really just wiped all info. And Education Pro cost now are 9$, not like it been around 5$