Perplexity launches its AI-powered web browser, Comet, in a power move to challenge the market leader, Google Chrome.
Google Chrome dominates the global browser industry by a whopping 68%. It’s the leading face of web search. And remained the most widely used platform amongst its competitors, such as Firefox, Microsoft Bing, and Safari.
And NVIDIA-backed Perplexity has only recently taken a deep dive into the boiler.
Launched recently, its first impressions are gradually rolling in. Currently, it’s only available to a few lucky nitpicks from Comet’s waitlist or those subscribed to Perplexity Max.
With AI-driven search capabilities, Comet aims to replace traditional search navigation. And function based on how users think, behave, and decide. Users can conduct searches, perform tasks, and ask queries on a unified interface.
And there’s an in-built assistant that offers aid for a bunch of miscellaneous tasks:
- Summarize content
- Book meetings
- Compare products
- Convert complex workflows into conversational and simple experiences
Technically, it’ll assist you with tasks such as booking appointments, while also compiling information on myriad topics.
Comet: AI assistance plus web browsing – a leap forward in how people spend their time online.
- The Web Should Work for You – A thought partner for all curious minds, not a web browser with one-off perspectives. Ask not what already is, but what more can be possible.
- Simplify Everything and Solve Anything – A collaboration and assistance that doesn’t let you digress from your curious learning. And structures your research with the overall digital life.
- Designed for Curiosity, Built for Answers – A mind reader that knows what users need even before they have voiced it. Adapts in real-time, fostering a custom-fit and intelligent user experience.
It’s not just making search convenient, but also revolutionizing it.
Comet is set to be your 25/8 assistant and collaborator.
But only if you’re willing to feed in more and more information. It’s a significant drawback, and users are skeptical. The more details the user is willing to offer, the more Comet unlocks a new level of productivity for them. But still, at the cost of heaps of personal information.
Perplexity’s web browser stores all this data locally and promises not to model training on personal data.
Perplexity’s primary focus currently centers on memory and personalization, especially for a fully functional AI assistant like Comet. The users will be able to choose whether they want to opt in or out of this personalization, all without ads.
“It’s a choice between utility and privacy,” assures Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity AI’s CEO.
For the AI company, it’s equal measures of responsibility and innovation.