Dhruv Mehrotra,

Dhruv Mehrotra is an investigative data reporter for WIRED who uses technology to find, build, and analyze data sets for storytelling. Before joining WIRED, he worked at the Center for Investigative Reporting and New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He was part of a team that won an Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting at Gizmodo. Based in New York, his primary focus is on data-driven investigations.

Biography:  https://www.wired.com/author/dhruv-mehrotra/

67%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

70%

Examples:

  • Dhruv Mehrotra reports on Perplexity AI's alleged violation of AWS rules and Robots Exclusion Protocol. He presents both the company's denial and evidence supporting the claims.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • Dhruv Mehrotra is a senior writer at WIRED, which may have a conflict of interest in reporting on AWS and Perplexity AI since it could impact WIRED's reputation and readership.

Contradictions

10%

Examples:

  • Perplexity maintains that its PerplexityBot respects robots.txt and does not crawl in any way that violates AWS Terms of Service. However, WIRED's investigation found evidence of scraping abuse and plagiarism by systems linked to Perplexity's AI-powered search chatbot.

Deceptions

25%

Examples:

  • Mehrotra reports on the deceptive practices used by Perplexity AI, including ignoring robots.txt when a user enters a specific URL in their prompt.

Recent Articles

The Controversial Rise of Perplexity AI: A Battle Over Information Control and Profit - New Summarization Technology Sparks Debate on Data Ownership and Monetization

The Controversial Rise of Perplexity AI: A Battle Over Information Control and Profit - New Summarization Technology Sparks Debate on Data Ownership and Monetization

Broke On: Thursday, 27 June 2024 Perplexity AI, a startup backed by tech giants, is revolutionizing the information industry with its innovative summarization technology but faces controversy over data collection and potential plagiarism and copyright infringement. The company's 'answer engine' mission could disrupt primary sources' ad revenue.