X head of product Nikita Bier has shared an online post requesting Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI Aravind Srinivas to stop running “undisclosed promotion campaigns”. His ask comes in reply to a post by Perplexity’s announcement on Personal Computer. “Today we’re releasing Personal Computer,” the AI company said adding “Personal Computer integrates with the Perplexity Mac App for secure orchestration across your local files, native apps, and browser. We’re rolling this out to all Perplexity Max subscribers and everyone on the waitlist starting today”. Responding to the post, Nikia Bier wrote: “Can you please stop the undisclosed promotion campaigns? It deceives users and it does not reflect well on your company or your integrity”. Bier also tagged Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas in the post. Bier also shared a post by” “During the last two years, I’ve infiltrated several of them and am currently writing a thread exposing everyone involved in running and organizing these operations. I will be hated by literally every big grifter account on this platform, but I don’t care anymore. Grow a spine, guys!,” the user claimed in the post.
What is Perplexity’s Personal Computer
In a series of posts, Perplexity explained that Personal Computer securely connects to any folder to search, read, and write files locally. It can access and work across iMessage, Apple Mail, Calendar and other native Mac apps. When set up on a Mac mini, Personal Computer can run 24/7 in the background across all your apps and files, the company said, adding “Start a task from your iPhone, and Personal Computer can operate on your desktop and local files using 2FA”.The AI company said that using Personal Computer on Mac requires the latest iOS update from the App Store.
