DeepSeek released an upgrade to its large language model this week, featuring “significant improvements” over its predecessor as the China-based startup appears to escalate its rivalry with OpenAI and other U.S. artificial intelligence firms, after an earlier release rattled global tech stocks.

In a surprising twist, AI startup Perplexity has publicly announced its own ambitious plan to buy TikTok’s US operations. The company has argued in a recent blog post that it is “singularly positioned to rebuild the TikTok algorithm without creating a monopoly.

Perplexity first proposed a merger with TikTok's US operations in January. The plan would see the US government hold 50% ownership of the company but have

Under the Biden administration, Congress passed legislation forcing ByteDance to either sell off TikTok or cease operations within the United States. Reid Rasner, a Wyoming billionaire is offering $47.

Perplexity, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence start-up, announced its intention to purchase TikTok, which faces a US deadline to divest from its

Among those who support a ban, data security and the platform's Chinese ownership were cited as top concerns. Others took issue with the amount of inaccurate

The AI startup made a similar bid for TikTok in January and likely doesn't have the $50 billion+ required to pay for it, but here's what it wants to do.

The AI search startup Perplexity just proposed a bid for acquiring (and transforming) TikTok, per a company blog post published Friday. “Perplexity is singularly positioned to rebuild the TikTok algorithm without creating a monopoly, combining world-class technical capabilities with Little Tech independence,” the company wrote.

Perplexity AI, an artificial intelligence-based search engine developer, has proposed to pave the way for TikTok in the United States (US)