The State of AI, and Will Perplexity Beat Google or Destroy the Internet?

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A year ago, a chatbot tried to break up Kevin Roose's marriage. Chatbots haven't been the same since then. We tell you how. Then we discuss the latest ways the world is adapting to artificial intelligence. And finally, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas will discuss his company's “answer machine,” a challenger to Google's search engine that could reshape the Internet as we know it.

Credits

“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Rose And Casey Newtonand produced by Davisland And Rachel Cohn. The show is edited by Jen Poyant. Technology through Alyssa Moxley and original music by Then Powell, Marion Lozano, Pat McCusker And Rowan Niemisto. Fact check through Caitlin Love.

Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam, Nell Gallogly, Kate LoPresti And Jeffery Miranda.