Perplexity Launches WhatsApp Bot to Combat Scams and Misinformation!

WhatsApp has around 500 million users in India, making it a huge platform for people to connect. This week, Perplexity, a company in the AI field, launched a new WhatsApp bot that helps users check facts and spot scams. You can try it for free! Just save +1 833 436-3285 as a contact on your phone to start using it.

Perplexity’s CEO, Aravind Srinivas, says that WhatsApp messages often spread false information and scams. It’s tough to stop misinformation, but AI can help! The Perplexity bot can check if the information in a message is true or not by looking it up online. It can handle screen messages, images, links, and videos.

The bot can also have chats in 20 Indian languages, including Hindi and Tamil, and it’s especially helpful for older people who may not be sure about the things they see online. Users can just forward a suspicious message to the bot, and it will give accurate answers with sources.

However, the bot can’t find news like IPL scores and the latest about India and Pakistan. This could be a problem if users want to know real-time updates.

The tech behind the bot uses different AI models to give clear answers. Users don’t have to choose which model to use, as the bot does it automatically based on the question. Although other companies like OpenAI have their versions of WhatsApp bots, Perplexity aims to stand out by providing credible answers with sources.

For Perplexity to succeed, it must eventually support group chats and develop better fact-checking to outsmart scams. It’s great to have these features, but expanding language support for the many languages in India will be essential to connect with more WhatsApp users.