🌐 Perplexity Wants a Browser in Your Pocket - Literally
So here’s what’s brewing: Perplexity AI’s apparently negotiating with smartphone giants (we’re talking Samsung, maybe Apple) to ship new devices with its Comet AI browser already loaded. Bold move. Why? Because Comet isn’t your usual browser - it reads, writes, summarizes, remembers, schedules. It’s like ChatGPT mixed with Chrome, but with initiative.
If this lands, it’s not just a market play, it’s a statement. Google’s been the undisputed gatekeeper of mobile search for years. This might crack that open.
💼 Admins, Take Note: Comet Might Do Your Job
Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s CEO, didn’t sugarcoat it. He straight-up said Comet could replace “two white-collar roles” at pretty much every company, think: calendar wranglers, outreach coordinators, inbox triagers. It’s not AGI. But it doesn’t need to be.
He’s pitching this as a $2,000 tool with million-dollar return potential. That’s not just automation, that’s cold efficiency, and yeah, it’ll ruffle a few job security feathers.
🏛 California’s Court System Draws the AI Line
If you were wondering when institutions would start pushing back, California’s court system just answered. By September 1, all 65 courts across the state must implement generative AI policies: either ban it outright or set guardrails. That’s nearly 2,000 judges and about 5 million cases annually now under some kind of AI oversight net.
Bias prevention, human supervision, transparency, it’s all in there. It’s not perfect. But it’s the first real move from a state-level judiciary to get a grip on AI in the legal world.
🩺 When Docs Say “AI,” Patients Pull Back
According to new research, just the mention of AI during a medical visit, even if it’s about admin stuff like appointment reminders, can shake a patient’s trust. It’s not that the tech’s faulty. It’s emotional. Subconscious, maybe. But real.
Doctors who say, “AI helped me make this call” get lower scores for empathy, warmth, and even competence. The irony? The AI may have improved outcomes. Doesn’t matter. Messaging is everything in medicine.
📉 Survival Mode: AI Could Displace Your Job - Soon
If you’re in finance, HR, law, research, admin, brace yourself. A new MarketWatch piece isn’t subtle: many of these roles could disappear within 18 months. It’s not fearmongering. It’s pattern recognition. The experts, Hinton, Amodei, Hassabis, they’re not predicting chaos, just a hard left turn.
You can’t automate everything. But the in-between stuff? The sorting, summarizing, scheduling, prep work? That’s already halfway gone. If you’re not pivoting into AI-adjacent terrain, you’re sitting still on a moving floor.