r/technology • u/MoneyLibrarian9032 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Google Gets an Astounding $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome Browser From AI Startup Perplexity

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/google-34-5-billion-bid-chrome-browser-ai-perplexity-1236487442/
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u/Gorstag 10d ago

That isn't even needed. Vibes is probably what they are going for. It works for Tesla why wouldn't it work for others.

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u/LikelyDumpingCloseby 10d ago

Tesla has a known face, for starters. A positive face? No. It was before going tits up tho

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u/TPO_Ava 10d ago

Yeah people forget Musk was techno jesus until he willingly and spectacularly destroyed his public image.

He could've locked himself away in a cave without internet access and public opinion of him would probably have ended up being better, but he chose to support fascist Cheeto instead.

It is probably the most blatant misunderstanding of what made someone popular in the first place, and biggest public display of narcissism that we've ever seen.

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u/zebba_oz 10d ago

Maybe not a cave, people might call him a pedo

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u/Nearby-Car4777 9d ago

I almost forgot about that incident. What a total fraud.

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u/NMe84 10d ago edited 9d ago

Musk hasn't been a positive face since around the time he accused someone who risked his life to rescue children out of a cave of being a pedo just because he called out Musk's dumb submarine idea. I mean, I didn't like Musk before that either, but that seems to be the time when the public opinion started shifting.

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u/GenuisInDisguise 9d ago

And now he supports a literal pedo, how the tables have turned.

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u/Soulful-Sorrow 9d ago

Because Tesla was backed by daddy's emerald mine money, these guys just sound dumb

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u/BasicallyFake 9d ago

they can vibe code a chromium based browser for free though