With AI platforms like @ChatGPTapp & @perplexity_ai gaining traction, tech firms are trying to understand how LLMs perceive their brands, what outputs mention and what user chat about. The latest example is the AI startup Profound's tool for estimate conversation volume.
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Perplexity Plans RAG Updates in Coming Months
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Expect more RAG-related updates from Perplexity in the coming months. Here's what it noted in a blog post:
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Perplexity acquires Carbon to expand enterprise integration capabilities
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Christmas came early for @perplexity_ai
, which just bought @carbon__ai
, a retrieval engine startup that will let Perplexity connect to apps like @NotionHQ and @googledocs
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AI Research Quality Concerns Amid Publishing Flood
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More evidence of AI “research” flooding the zone.
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AI-Generated Content Creators in Marketing and Commerce
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Who's doing interesting stuff in w/ AI-generated video/images/audio in marketing, media or commerce? Anyone have recs? Creators, producers, developers especially welcome. FYI: I'm looking for people creating actual content — not people who want to talk about creating content.
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OpenAI Seeks Witness for DOJ Legal Proceedings
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OpenAI's also looking for a witness who can talk about the topics mentioned in the DOJ's witness list. The @TheJusticeDept hasn't asked for a specific witness, but OpenAI says it'll "promptly collect and produce" the witness’s electronically stored info once someone is chosen.
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OpenAI Production Documents Google Search Trial Subpoena
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Another nugget from the Google search trial filings: This email from OpenAI's attorney (including as an exhibit this month) shows what OpenAI has agreed to find & produce related to the docs Google asked for in its October subpoena:
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Google Subpoena Perplexity: Court Filing Discovery Discussions
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The document mentions other info about ongoing discovery discussions related to what docs Google wants to get from Perplexity and what Perplexity is/isn't willing to produce. Surreal seeing my name & story again in another court filing about Google's subpoena for Perplexity.
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Justice Department calls Perplexity executive as Google antitrust trial witness
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Another scooplet in the Google search antitrust remedies trial: The @TheJusticeDept plans to call Perplexity Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko as a trial witness, according to court documents filed in the case.
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Meta CMO Alex Schultz: From Growth to Chief Marketing Officer
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Lots of big names on this list, including Meta CMO Alex Schultz. He was previously VP of growth and analytics before becoming Facebook's CMO in 2020.
