Perplexity is an AI search engine that answers questions with cited sources, combining LLM reasoning with live web search. It is positioned as an alternative to traditional search engines.
Perplexity is taking measurable referral traffic from Google for some publishers in 2026, but it is not a wholesale replacement, according to publisher analytics and Google's public statements. Chartb…
A cloud architect with a background in infra-security expresses skepticism about the current AI hype, arguing that generative AI is often added to applications without clear value. The engineer, who u…
QueryTrace, a new AI search analytics tool built by London-based developer Devin Lester, lets companies track how often ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini mention their brand, with plans starting at $9.99 pe…
A developer at en.bultibulti.com analyzed search volume data from Google's keyword planner to show that the terminology for optimizing content for AI answer engines is still unsettled, with terms like…
Gooseworks (YC W23), a San Francisco-based startup founded by the team behind Athina AI, is hiring a founding builder/engineer to develop self-improving AI agents that automate ad creative for consume…
A developer who logged AI crawler traffic on a small business site for 34 days found that ChatGPT's live retrieval bot (ChatGPT-User) outpaces Googlebot, fetching pages 40.3 times per day versus 35.8.…
AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion offer to buy Google's Chrome browser, a bid larger than Perplexity's own valuation, following a US antitrust ruling that found Google holds …
TechCrunch published a guide on how users can detect and respond to hacked accounts on AI platforms ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity. The guide details steps for each platform, including checking activ…
ChatPlayground AI is offering a lifetime subscription to its unlimited plan for $54.97, down from its regular price, through August 16. The platform provides access to over 20 AI models, including GPT…
AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity cite sources based on existing online content, not product quality, so brands must publish answers to real customer questions on the…
A Product Hunt feature can help Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) by creating timestamped, crawlable signals that AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews may cit…
Embassia, a new tool from an unnamed startup, lets website owners integrate an agent that LLM-powered crawlers from ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can query directly, capturing deep user intent that …
Gartner predicts that by 2028, organic search traffic will fall by 50% or more as generative AI-powered search becomes prevalent, and traditional search engine volume will decline 25% by the end of th…
A new audit of AI restaurant recommendations found that 85.6% of 4,776 cafes, restaurants, and bars in Canggu and Ubud, Bali, were never recommended by any of four AI systems (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini,…
A new open-source repository offers a self-hosted, scheduled tool for tracking whether AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini mention or cite a website in response to buying…
A 2026 analysis of 680 million citations across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity found that only 11% of domains are cited by both ChatGPT and Perplexity, with a separate study of 34,234 AI…
Search Engine Land's analysis argues that AI visibility for SaaS brands depends on a coordinated mix of owned content, entity signals, community participation, and technical controls, rather than trad…
A developer built a tool that checks how visible websites are to AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, revealing that most sites are failing at Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). The too…
A New York Times investigation found that students are using AI agents to complete entire online courses by logging into platforms like Canvas and Blackboard, with none of the three most popular chatb…
PCMag has tested AI-integrated web browsers and recommends Brave for privacy and transparency, BrowserOS for AI search, and Comet for comprehensive AI integration, with Google Chrome and Microsoft Edg…