CNBC reports that in a recent blog post, Perplexity AI revealed that it had received what it described as “an aggressive legal threat” from Amazon. The issue at hand revolves around Comet, Perplexity’s AI-powered browser, which allows users to ask the Comet Assistant to find items and make purchases on their behalf on Amazon. According…
The children of Jeffrey and Michelle Bauer have filed a lawsuit against Tesla, accusing Elon Musk’s EV giant of negligence in a fatal car crash that claimed the lives of their parents and three others. The lawsuit claims that multiple people survived the crash, only to be trapped in the burning Tesla by the company’s…
Music and multimedia mogul 50 Cent is coming out once again against newly-elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the socialist’s plans to tax the rich to fund his vast government-backed priorities and to defund the city’s police force. I think his intentions are good, but his Tax plan is gonna run the big…
Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland died Wednesday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, TMZ Sports reports. According to police dispatch audio obtained by TMZ Sports, the player texted his family goodbye amid a mental health episode. In the audio, the dispatcher informs officers that Kneeland’s girlfriend said he was armed and having a mental health…
The Motion Picture Association is asking Meta to stop referring to content shown to teen accounts on Instagram as “guided by PG-13 ratings,” saying it is misleading and could erode trust in its movie ratings system. A lawyer on behalf of the MPA sent Meta Platforms a cease-and-desist letter asking the tech giant to “immediately…
During an interview on investor Brad Gerstner’s BG2 podcast, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bristled at questions regarding the company’s enormous infrastructure spending commitments in the face of much smaller revenues. Altman turned a friendly interview with an OpenAI supporter into a tense exchange that has gone viral, a preview of OpenAI’s potential interactions with investors if…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responded to criticism from Republicans that Democrats are using people as leverage by saying that the majority party has always negotiated to get 60 votes to avert a shutdown. Host Kaitlan Collins asked, “[Y]ou’ve talked about health care, obviously, for decades, and how it…
Clemson head coach Swinney was fined for his intense criticism of officials after a late-game defensive pass interference call that set Duke up for what would be a game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion that handed Swinney and the Tigers their fifth loss of the season. Despite the fine, Swinney doubled down on his criticism of…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became visibly irritated when questioned about the company’s massive spending despite relatively small revenues during a recent podcast interview. The question, clearly a softball from a friendly interviewer designed to set him up for a strong answer, resulted in an angry Altman telling the host to sell his shares in the…
CNBC reports that in a significant move away from its previous reliance on Microsoft, OpenAI has entered into a multi-billion dollar agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to access the cloud provider’s vast computing infrastructure. The $38 billion deal, announced on Monday, marks one of OpenAI’s biggest steps towards diversifying its cloud partnerships and preparing…
