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Perplexity AI restructured its Terms of Service in an update detected on August 3, 2026, adding numbered subsections to clarify how Input and Output are defined, establishing new operational procedures for content handling, and reorganizing existing provisions without materially changing core rights or obligations. The document now explicitly states the Company reserves absolute discretion to remove, screen, edit, or delete any user content at any time for any reason without notice, and clarifies that while the Company does not claim ownership of user content, it retains ownership of the Services and underlying technology used to generate Output. Most changes are structural and clarificatory rather than substantive shifts in user rights.

Perplexity AI expanded its privacy disclosure to provide more detail about cookies, first-party advertising measurement, and privacy choices. The updated notice also explicitly clarifies that Perplexity does not sell personal data or share queries, prompts, or conversation content with advertisers. This change adds specific operational reassurances about data handling practices to the privacy notice.

Perplexity AI updated a single word in its Terms of Service footer on May 18, 2026, changing 'Linkedin' to 'LinkedIn' in the social media links section. This is a formatting and branding correction with no impact on the substantive terms, user rights, or obligations governing the service.