> AI apps like Perplexity are now beginning to challenge Google’s search dominance

Now that is a wild claim. ChatGPT might be challenging Google's dominance, but Perplexity is nothing.

It’s not a wild claim, though maybe your interpretation is wild.

I never said Perplexity individually is challenging Google, but rather as part of a group of apps including ChatGPT, which you conveniently left out of your quote.