China’s DeepSeek begins to integrate with international AI players. Perplexity's AI search gets a supercharge from DeepSeek R1. U.S. global AI dominance is challenged.

The sudden rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley grappling with how to keep the U.S. ahead in the crucial technology.

Whether TikTok stays with Perplexity AI's backing or goes, without that juicy algorithm ByteDance doesn’t seem willing to part with, the app won't ever be the same.

Perplexity AI has revised its merger proposal with ByteDance to allow the US government to own 50% stake in the new company.

Perplexity AI search startup has a new proposal to merge with TikTok, which would give the US government a stake of up to 50%.