Perplexity AI's offer of $34.5 billion for Google's Chrome browser is a lot lower than where some analysts value the business.
Perplexity’s CEO on fighting Google and the coming AI browser war
Google is trying to keep Perplexity from challenging its dominance.
Anthropic commits to spending $200 billion on Google's cloud and chips: Report
The commitment suggests the AI startup accounts for more than 40 per cent of the revenue backlog Google disclosed to investors last week, according to the report.
Pluralistic: Google’s AI pricing plan (21 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Google is spending a lot on AI, but what's not clear is how Google will make a lot from AI. Or, you know, even break even. Given, you know, that businesses are seeing zero return from AI:
Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets
Anthropic said its latest agreement with Google expands on a longstanding partnership between the two companies.
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The True Cost of Browser Innovation: Why Chrome's Divestiture Wouldn't End the Open Web
It is crucial for the public to understand that the web’s growth and innovation need not depend on Google’s monopoly or control, writes Alissa Cooper.
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser | TechCrunch
Perplexity is launching its first AI-powered web browser, Comet, marking the company's latest attempt to unseat Google Search.
Samsung Nears Wide-Ranging Deal With Perplexity for AI Features
Samsung Electronics Co. is nearing a wide-ranging deal to invest in Perplexity AI Inc. and put search technology from the artificial intelligence startup at the forefront of the South Korean company’s devices.
Perplexity AI's Comet browser will streak across the web this month
Is this comet an omen of doom for Chrome?
AI may fatally wound web’s ad model, warns Tim Berners-Lee
Web inventor warns reliance on AI agents threatens multibillion-dollar revenues for Google and Meta
Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)
Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.
The Technical Feasibility of Divesting Google Chrome – Knight-Georgetown Institute
As the European Commission advances efforts under the Digital Markets Act to require Google to share its search data with competitors, lessons from historic antitrust remedies underscore how data access could be transformational in the AI-powered search market. While the Commission’s proposals represent a novel and comprehensive approach, key improvements to data scope and sharing frequency, privacy protections, and dispute resolution are needed. US courts and enforcers charged with implementing similar provisions should take note.
Google rushed to sell AI tools to Israel’s military after Hamas attack
The company fulfilled requests from Israel’s military for more access to AI tools as it sought to compete with Amazon, documents obtained by The Post show.
Using AI to click around on a website burns 45x as many tokens as just using APIs
For AI agents, seeing is expensive
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