Perplexity

Perplexity is a tech company that somehow convinced investors to pour over $1.5 billion into its “answer engine,” which is basically a glorified way of saying it scrapes the internet like a college kid with a research paper due tomorrow. Critics have labeled it a “bullshit machine,” which must sting for a company that aspires to be more than just the AI equivalent of a North Korean propaganda outlet. As a shining beacon of “innovation,” it’s astonishing that their legal team has to work harder than their coders, fielding lawsuits faster than Elon Musk tweets about Mars.