What Are Apple’s Options for an AI Acquisition Beyond Perplexity?

What are Apple’s options for an AI acquisition beyond Perplexity?

Since Apple’s latest earnings call, talk of a potential Perplexity acquisition has quieted down (the fact that Perplexity was once again allegedly caught red-handed sidestepping content restrictions didn’t help). Meanwhile, with the ever-increasing number of engineers from its Foundation Models team jumping ship, Apple’s need for fresh talent is getting more urgent by the day. But if Perplexity is a no-go, who else could Apple buy? more…

The Perpetual Apple–Perplexity Rumour – Pixel Envy

Aulia Masna: Every time someone floats the idea that Apple should acquire Perplexity to “supercharge” its AI efforts, I get whiplash, not just from the sheer strategic laziness of the suggestion, but from the deeper cultural misalignment it completely ignores. The very idea is a perplexing thought. On the same day this past June, Alex Kantrowitz floated the idea of Apple acquiring Perplexity, and then Bloomberg published two articles claiming A…