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Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
Perplexity continues to piss off publishers.

Wired and Robb Knight, a developer at MacStories, found that the AI search engine seems to ignore requests not to scrape their websites. They both blocked Perplexity in their robots.txt file — a standard instruction document for web crawlers — and found that Perplexity still managed to access their content. They’re not the only ones annoyed.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
“The 2024 elections will be the most consequential in crypto’s history.”

I’m pretty skeptical that the “crypto voter” exists — there are plenty of other issues that weigh higher in people’s minds — but there’s a lot of spending happening. That said, Sam Bankman-Fried spent a great deal and got nothing, so...

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Another look at child influencers on Instagram.

Following on the reporting earlier this year from The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal profiles a teen influencer — whose mom is aware the account’s biggest fans are adult men.