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00:02A class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
00:06alleges Perplexity AI shared users' personal information with Meta and Google in violation
00:11of California privacy laws. According to Bloomberg, the complaint states a Utah man shared sensitive
00:16financial information with the chatbot, believing it was private. The lawsuit claims Perplexity
00:21embedded undetectable tracking software in its search engine that automatically sent user
00:25conversations to Meta, Google, and other third parties. Chief Communications Officer for
00:29Perplexity, Jesse Dwyer, said the company has not been served with any lawsuit matching the
00:33description and cannot verify the claims. The lawsuit also names Meta and Google. The case
00:38follows prior legal actions, including a federal injunction restricting Perplexity's AI agent,
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