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Perplexity launches a free AI-powered patent research tool in beta to let users search for patents using natural language queries (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Perplexity launches a free AI-powered patent research tool in beta to let users search for patents using natural language queries  —  Instead of searching for a string of keywords, Perplexity's new tool allows you to use natural language to look for patents.

The FCC is letting ISPs hide fees on your broadband bill

The FCC is moving to dismantle a rule requiring internet service providers to publish detailed "nutrition labels" for their service plans, just over a year after the requirement went into effect. The changes it's proposing could roll back transparency requirements that took years to establish - making it harder to tell how much you'll be […]

Perplexity’s new AI tool aims to simplify patent research

Patents are notoriously difficult to search for, but Perplexity has launched an AI-powered tool that’s supposed to make the process a little easier. Its new patent research agent allows you to search for patents using natural language, rather than a string of keywords. As an example, Perplexity says you can enter something like, “Are there […]

Getty and Perplexity sign a multi-year licensing agreement to let the AI startup display Getty's images across its search and discovery tools (Kritika Lamba/Reuters)

Kritika Lamba / Reuters:
Getty and Perplexity sign a multi-year licensing agreement to let the AI startup display Getty's images across its search and discovery tools  —  Getty Images (GETY.N) and Perplexity signed a global multi-year licensing agreement on Friday, allowing the AI startup to display …

Pokémon Legends: Z-A made the six-Pokémon party completely irrelevant

When you can easily swap Pokémon from your box, it makes for a more convenient but less intentional RPG than prior entries.