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Perplexity has added e-commerce workflows to Computer that can turn Shopify sales data into a landing page, Meta ads and Klaviyo emails. Merchants can set budgets and approval checkpoints, putting a potentially costly campaign inside one AI-assisted workflow rather than asking staff to stitch each piece together.

Discussion spark: Would you let an AI agent prepare and run a campaign if you could set its budget and approval gates, or should spending and customer messages always remain separate human decisions?

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Perplexity Enterprise and API Platform has become the first cloud service offering to receive a fully CR26-compliant FedRAMP 20x Class C certification, according to 360 Advanced, the independent assessor. FedRAMP confirmed the certification on 28 October, the assessor says.

The certification has no fixed expiry date, but the…

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Perplexity has set out how Brain stores an AI assistant’s past work and corrections outside the model, then brings relevant information into later tasks. The practical point: users can inspect, edit or delete that memory, while developers using Perplexity’s Agent API must build their own persistent memory system.

Discussion spark: Should an AI assistant’s persistent memory be managed mainly by the product provider, or should users and developers control the store themselves?

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Perplexity ranked ahead of OpenAI and DeepSeek among frontier AI labs used in telecom, according to GSMA Intelligence’s latest industry report, as reported by SDxCentral.

The report covers publicly announced deployments across more than 760 operators. GSMA attributed Perplexity’s lead partly to its scope for customisation in tel…

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Samsung is reportedly a major investor in Perplexity’s latest funding round, which is seeking $500 million at a $14 billion valuation, Mashable reports, citing Bloomberg.

That would put Samsung’s reported interest beyond bringing Perplexity features to Galaxy phones: it would also make the phone-maker a significant backer of the AI…

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PayPal and Venmo users in the US and some other markets can claim a free 12-month Perplexity Pro trial, Mashable reports. The offer also gives eligible users early access to Comet, Perplexity’s AI-powered browser.

Mashable says Pro normally costs $200 a year and includes unlimited searches with advanced models. The offer can be c…

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Perplexity’s voice mode uses GPT-Live-1, while OpenAI began rolling GPT-Live-1.1 out in ChatGPT on 15 October, according to OrcaRouter. The report says Perplexity has not said whether it evaluated 1.1 or plans to upgrade, so the two services may be using different versions.

OrcaRouter says GPT-Live-1 has been generally a…

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Cryptonews says Perplexity outlined a scenario in which Somnia’s SOMI token could reach $6 to $10 by 1 January 2027, with a stretch target above $15. The proposed catalyst is a consortium of gaming studios, social platforms and AI infrastructure firms choosing Somnia.

The article calls that coordination highly unlikely and says t…

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iThinkDifferent says the updated voice mode is available to Pro and Max subscribers, while Perplexity has not said whether free accounts will get access. That leaves a clear gap for anyone weighing whether the feature is included in their current plan.

The article lists Pro at US$17 a month and Max at US$167 a month when billed…

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Perplexity’s Mac voice mode uses OpenAI’s gpt-live-1, which can listen while it speaks. That lets subscribers interrupt or redirect a conversation without waiting for the model to finish its turn.

The report describes the model as keeping the audio stream open, rather than processing speech in separate chunks. The practical dif…

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Perplexity has upgraded voice mode for Pro and Max subscribers on Mac and the web, adding a way to manage several Computer sessions in one conversation.

The feature lets users start tasks and create or manage Projects by voice, 9to5Mac reports. It runs on OpenAI’s gpt-live-1 voice model, according to the report. That could make v…

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NeoTeo adds detail from creator Mark Brinker’s three-task comparison: Perplexity was faster in each task, while Brinker preferred ChatGPT’s fuller answers on the two more complex ones. The sample covered an FAA and TSA power-bank rules lookup, scheduling-software research and a family road-trip plan.

The pricing terms are not…

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ICOBench attributes a strikingly bullish Hyperliquid price scenario to Perplexity: $550 to $950 by 1 January 2027, with a stretch target above $1,500. The article ties that outcome to a hypothetical surge in institutional derivatives trading on the platform.

The same article calls the scenario pure speculation and says its central…

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For US individual subscribers, Perplexity Pro and ChatGPT Plus both cost $20 a month, but Quasa.io argues they suit different stages of research. Perplexity is the clearer fit when finding current sources is the main job; ChatGPT Plus may suit people who then work with files, analysis and ongoing projects.

The article’s hands-on c…

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Cryptonews says Perplexity outlined a scenario in which XRP could reach $28 to $50 by 1 January 2027, with a stretch target above $75. The scenario depends on a hypothetical SWIFT integration that the article itself describes as highly unlikely.

This is speculation, not a reliable forecast or investment signal. The report gives no…

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Samsung is integrating Perplexity into the Galaxy S26 series, with the assistant available by saying “Hey Plex” or pressing the phone’s side button. The side-button shortcut will need to be configured manually.

Perplexity will also be built into Samsung apps including Notes, Clock, Gallery, Calendar and Reminders, Turkm…

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Hyundai has launched the Bayon SUV in India with a generative AI voice assistant that combines Perplexity’s technology with SoundHound’s voice system, News9live reports. Passengers can ask conversational questions about destinations and nearby restaurants, putting an AI travel assistant in the cabin rather than on a phone screen.

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Perplexity has launched a Deep Research tool powered by a customised version of DeepSeek R1, offering people web-crawled reports rather than a quick answer and a list of links. Free users get a limited number of answers each day; the $20-a-month Pro plan includes unlimited access, according to Mashable.

Discussion spark: Should AI research tools be judged mainly on how much searching they save, or should accurate attribution be a minimum requirement before their reports are useful?

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Perplexity Computer users can send AI-generated research, strategy documents and business briefs into Canva and turn them into editable designs, TechJuice reports. The connector is available to Perplexity Pro, Max, Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max subscribers.

The reported workflow covers presentations, social campaigns,…

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Perplexity’s Computer agent can now run in a local mode on Apple Silicon Macs, using Qwen 3.6 models so processing can happen on the device. The reported trade-off: fully local use needs at least 36 GB of unified memory; hybrid mode is available from 24 GB.

Hybrid Compute can send tasks to the cloud when they need current i…

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