Apple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity

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chiph2o · 7h ago

From publishing "LLM Thinking is an Illusion" to having talks of buying Perplexity within a month, we have come a long way.

bitpush · 7h ago

Apple is constantly playing 4D chess according to some of these people.

WWDC 2024 - LLMs are the future. WWDC 2025 - LLMs cant think. So you dont need it.

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Apple Executives Have Held Internal Talks About Buying AI Startup Perplexity

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