傳蘋果將捨棄Google合作 將收購AI搜尋黑馬Perplexity
▼▲蘋果傳新併購消息！恐捨棄Google，轉密會AI搜尋新星Perplexity。（圖／翻攝自YT@Apple）
AI戰升溫，科技巨頭火力全開！繼Meta投資Scale AI後，如今傳出蘋果也悄悄布局，要收購AI搜尋新貴「Perplexity AI」，甚至傳出考慮放棄Google作為預設搜尋引擎。這場看似平靜的搜尋戰場，已悄然掀起風暴！
根據《彭博》知名科技記者Mark Gurman爆料，蘋果併購部門主管Adrian Perica已在內部討論是否收購Perplexity，雖仍處於早期階段，但若交易成真，將是蘋果史上最大規模併購案──該公司估值高達140億美元，遠超2014年30億美元收購Beats的紀錄。
除了併購，蘋果也考慮另一合作模式，將Perplexity整合至Safari與Siri，作為替代Google搜尋的AI解決方案。畢竟蘋果與Google的搜尋合作協議，正面臨美國反壟斷調查威脅，恐有被迫拆夥的可能。
Perplexity成立僅兩年，卻以AI驅動搜尋技術嶄露頭角，透過自動總結、引文標示等功能挑戰Google霸主地位，甚至已與三星展開深度合作，成為蘋果收購計畫的潛在障礙。
Perplexity對收購傳聞低調回應，稱「目前沒有相關消息」，但該公司近期與多家科技巨頭接觸頻繁，包括Meta也曾試圖收購、並挖角其CEO Aravind Srinivas，顯示AI搜尋市場人才爭奪戰已進入白熱化。
當AI搜尋成為下一代搜尋引擎的競爭主戰場，蘋果此舉無疑是對Google發出重大威脅。科技巨頭的版圖重組已開始，誰能掌握搜尋流量與AI技術，誰就能主宰未來。
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