Snapchat, Perplexity
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TransferEngine enables GPU-to-GPU communication across AWS and Nvidia hardware, allowing trillion-parameter models to run on older systems.
But that appears to be what Snap’s going with thus far, and there’s good reason why Snap’s looking to add Perplexity in. Snapchat says that Perplexity will be paying it $400 million to have Perplexity appear in Snapchatter inboxes for one year.
Amazon has sent a cease-and-desist letter accusing Perplexity AI of using its Comet browser agent to make purchases on Amazon without authorization, prompting Perplexity to fire back with a public statement alleging bullying and intimidation from the e-commerce juggernaut.
In today’s Digest, we look at Amazon suing Perplexity over its AI shopping assistant, Epic and Google settling their lawsuit, and People Inc. signing an AI deal with Microsoft amid traffic drop.
The Amazon Perplexity AI cease-and-desist case is currently in the headlines. Amazon has sent a notice to AI startup Perplexity, accusing its new browser feature 'Comet' of breaking rules. This feature makes online purchases on behalf of users.
AI search provider Perplexity's research wing has developed a new set of software optimizations that allows for trillion parameter or large models to run efficiently across older, cheaper hardware using a variety of existing network technologies, including Amazon's proprietary Elastic Fabric Adapter.