Google dominates the search engine sphere to such an extent it’s hard to imagine it ever being usurped. But the battle that AI search engines are taking to the web giant is a “tantalising face-off”, a bit like “Martin Luther taking on the Catholic church”, said one commentator.
Starting a new search business has “always been a nearly impossible hill to climb”, said Digiday, because you are “invariably up against” the “Mt. Everest” of Google. But is Perplexity AI about to reach that peak?
What is the new product?
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