Tag: social-media

Prediction market platform Polymarket is facing intense scrutiny following a Wall Street Journal investigation revealing it allegedly paid creators to produce and disseminate over 1,100 deceptive videos featuring fake bets and fabricated winnings on social media. These videos, often filmed on "near-perfect copies" of the Polymarket website, showcased non-existent trades and profits, contradicting the platform's core pitch of auditable, on-chain transactions. The campaign reportedly aimed to attract users, including those in the U.S. where the platform's services are restricted.

By NeuraFeed

Snap and AI search startup Perplexity have "amicably ended" their $400 million partnership, which would have integrated Perplexity's AI search engine into Snapchat. The deal, announced in November, was intended to bring conversational AI to Snapchat's chat interface but never fully rolled out to users. Both companies stated the original implementation was not the right fit for their product goals.

By NeuraFeed