By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-04-17 07:59:00
X head of product Nikita Bier has shared an online post requesting Indian-origin CEO of Perplexity AI Aravind Srinivas to stop running “undisclosed promotion campaigns”. His ask comes in reply to a post by Perplexity’s announcement on Personal Computer. “Today we’re releasing Personal Computer,” the AI company said adding “Personal Computer integrates with the Perplexity Mac App for secure orchestration across your local files, native apps, and browser. We’re rolling this out to all Perplexity Max subscribers and everyone on the waitlist starting today”. Responding to the post, Nikia Bier wrote: “Can you please stop the undisclosed promotion campaigns? It deceives users and it does not reflect well on your company or your integrity”. Bier also tagged Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas in the post. Bier also shared a post by X user Simon Goddek which alleges that “There are massive promo networks for crypto and AI scams on this platform [X] that operate completely unethically, openly violate X’s TOS, and engage in money laundering.” “During the last two years, I’ve infiltrated several of them and am currently writing a thread exposing everyone involved in running and organizing these operations. I will be hated by literally every big grifter account on this platform, but I don’t care anymore. Grow a spine, guys!,” the user claimed in the post.
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