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Alex Kantrowitz on Perplexity 663 days apart Revised ⤴ watch & share →

Kantrowitz explicitly acknowledged becoming less bullish on Perplexity, shifting from seeing it as a curiosity-satisfying tool to expecting competitors to absorb its functionality.

Opinion

Kantrowitz: Traditional search will remain for navigation, AI for curiosity

“I think that search is going to be, continue to be a way that we use web navigation and AI search like perplexity will be more to satisfy curiosity. And engage with different topics.”

Alex Kantrowitz Mar 20, 2024 ▶ 44:18 Predicting AI’s Next Advances — With Suhail Doshi

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Kantrowitz: Perplexity's functionality will be swallowed by Gemini and ChatGPT

“I'm much less bullish on perplexity than I was. I just think that like their functionality is just going to be swallowed up by the Geminis and the chat GPTs of the world.”

Alex Kantrowitz Jan 13, 2026 ▶ 51:22 AI’s Steve Jobs?, Big Tech AI Chaos, 2026 Crystal Ball

Alex Kantrowitz on Siri 365 days apart Reversed ⤴ watch & share →

Kantrowitz initially claimed Apple's AI strategy required the technology to work "really well," but later argued that mere "incremental progress" would ensure success.

Opinion

Kantrowitz: Siri's 15-year record shows Apple's AI is far behind competitors

“I think that's actually a fine strategy, but only if your AI works really well. And well, the state of Siri the actual ship stuff over the past 15 or so years suggests that it doesn't. They have to get their AI house in order and catch up”

Alex Kantrowitz Jun 14, 2025 ▶ 42:19 Sam Altman’s Gentle Singularity, Zuck’s AI Power Play, Burning Of The Waymos

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Kantrowitz: Apple's revamped Siri will clear low consumer expectations bar

“I think it's gonna work. I think that the bar was also so low that they have to just show a little incremental progress, and everyone's gonna be like, wow, they did it, and I think that's absolutely what's gonna happen. They will clear the bar.”

Alex Kantrowitz Jun 15, 2026 ▶ 50:29 SpaceX’s IPO Triumph, Anthropic’s Fable Fumble, OpenAI’s Price War

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