The AI search startup Perplexity just proposed a bid for acquiring (and transforming) TikTok, per a company blog post published Friday. “Perplexity is singularly positioned to rebuild the TikTok ...

Perplexity’s plans for TikTok start with overhauling the app’s “black box” For You feed by rebuilding its algorithm as a fully transparent, open-source model. It would also develop and ...

including rebuilding the algorithm, adding community notes, and open-sourcing the recommendation system. Perplexity first proposed a merger with TikTok's US operations in January. The plan would ...

If The People's Bid succeeds, TikTok users could get their data back. ZDNET spoke with the initiative's president, Tomicah ...

According to the company, TikTok will be rebuilt using a completely new algorithm designed to ensure independence and privacy. Perplexity plans to completely rebuild and revamp TikTok’s ...

While time is slowly running out for a sale of the US division of the social media platform TikTok, Perplexity is entering the conversation with new ideas for legally compliant operation in the US.

To achieve this, we commit not only to developing a new algorithm but also to making the TikTok For You feed open source,” said Perplexity AI. Furthermore, Perplexity plans to significantly ...

SAN FRANCISCO: AI startup Perplexity has expressed interest in buying TikTok, outlining plans to revamp its algorithm, as the popular video app faces a US deadline to cut ties with its Chinese ...

Perplexity AI has put forward an offer to reconstruct TikTok in the United States. The plan includes rebuilding the algorithm, adding Community Notes features, and integrating short videos into its ...

Although it’s unclear if ByteDance plans to sell, several possible bidders have come forward ahead of a ban on the platform that’s set to go into effect on Saturday.

"Perplexity is singularly positioned to rebuild the TikTok algorithm without creating a ... data centers with American oversight. It also plans to make TikTok's recommendation system transparent ...