Perplexity AI, a developer of an AI-powered search engine, has introduced its own AI large language models (LLMs), pplx-7b-online and pplx-70b-online. The models are enhanced versions of open-source offerings by Mistral and Meta.

The key features of Perplexity's new language models include real-time access to updated information and a conversational chatbot style interface. The models make use of web search data, ensuring responses are current and factual. These AI models can be utilized by other organizations through Perplexity's API.

Analyst QuickTake: Perplexity’s chatbot, the Perplexity Copilot, previously relied on existing AI models, OpenAI's GPT-4 and Anthropic's Claude 2, for subscribers to switch between. The new in-house models offer current and factual information, distinguishing themselves from competitors. Perplexity claims that their models are the first live LLM APIs without a knowledge cutoff, maintaining updated information all the time. They aim to optimize the search experience by integrating an AI assistant to fetch the most relevant data, simplifying the user's task.