Last year, after spending a few days at a work summit in Austria, I asked Perplexity for the latest news related to SEO and AI search. It responded with details about a supposed “September 2025 ‘Perspective’ Core Algorithm Update” that Google had just rolled out, emphasizing “deeper expertise” and “completion of the user journey.”
It sounded plausible enough … if you don’t live and breathe Google core updates. Unfortunately for Perplexity, I do.
I knew instantly that this information wasn’t right. For one, Google hasn’t named…

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