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AI Daily Rundown Aug 13 2025: 💰Perplexity offers to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion 🧠Sam Altman and OpenAI take on Neuralink 🕵️ US secretly puts trackers in China-bound AI chips ⏪OpenAI restores GPT-4o as the default model and more

Aug 13, 2025
A bold bid from Perplexity to acquire Google Chrome for $34.5 billion stirs up discussions on corporate competition. OpenAI and Neuralink intensify their rivalry in brain-computer interfaces, while U.S. government tactics in tech reveal deeper geopolitical strategies. Character.ai makes a surprising shift from AGI aspirations to focusing on AI entertainment, reflecting evolving user interests. Plus, advancements in quantum computing raise ethical questions about privacy and future tech implications.
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INSIGHT

Perplexity's Bold Chrome Play

  • Perplexity's $34.5B unsolicited bid for Chrome amplifies them as a direct Google rival overnight.
  • The offer leverages Chrome's 60% global reach and Perplexity's new Comet browser to force attention and strategic positioning.
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OpenAI Moves Toward BCIs

  • OpenAI's involvement with Merge Labs signals a direct move into brain-computer interfaces to compete with Neuralink.
  • Sam Altman's co-founder listing and Alex Blania's oversight show the company broadening from software to human augmentation.
ANECDOTE

Public Feud Between Musk And Altman

  • The Musk–Altman feud played out publicly on X, turning personal and noisy that same day.
  • Altman replied to Musk's attacks with terse retorts, and Musk's own Grok chimed into the exchange, intensifying the spat.
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