The article discusses Perplexity, a tech startup aiming to create an "answer engine" as a competitor to Google Search. Perplexity aims to improve the searching experience by providing direct answers instead of numerous search results, and is currently in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars for this project.
Perplexity’s grand theft AI - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/27/24187405/perplexity-ai-twitter-lie-plagiarism