AI companies fighting with the US government over safety? ‘The X-Files’ predicted it in 1993

One episode of the paranoia-packed TV show presciently explored the very real AI debates we’re having more than 30 years later. With its many extraterrestrial guest stars, The X-Files was always meant ...

Perplexity’s “Personal Computer” brings its AI agents to the, uh, Personal Computer

Last month Perplexity announced the confusingly named “Computer,” its cloud-based agent tool for completing tasks using a harness that makes use of multiple different AI models. This week, the company ...