Comet, an AI-powered internet browser constructed to tackle Google Chrome, is now out there free, the AI search company Perplexity stated in an announcement Thursday.
The browser was beforehand restricted to subscribers to Perplexity Max and Professional. Comet now not requires a subscription.
In contrast to a standard internet browser, Comet has an AI assistant inbuilt. It may be known as at any level to reply questions concerning the web page being checked out and might use its agent to click on on the web page and attain duties for the person. Perplexity stated Comet customers have been asking extra questions than that they had requested the corporate’s search instrument earlier than, with queries that did not resemble conventional on-line searches.
At a non-public occasion in San Francisco, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas additionally previewed Comet for cell, displaying off its agentic capabilities, which may accomplish duties on behalf of the person. He additional detailed new kinds of AI assistants, publishers participating in Comet Plus and a brand new analysis laboratory.
Comet’s worldwide launch comes as AI gamers make strikes within the internet browser area. Beforehand, corporations like OpenAI and Anthropic had launched extensions for Chrome, giving individuals quicker entry to ChatGPT Search and Claude. However these have been additions to current browsers. Now, Perplexity is working to beat Google’s Chrome. Microsoft was additionally early on this race, releasing Copilot Mode in Edge this yr. Google lately launched Gemini in Chrome for AI Professional subscribers, which additionally brings a lot of the identical performance of Comet to the world’s hottest internet browser.
At present, Chrome dominates the net browser area with 72% global market share. Google’s dominance in Chrome permits the corporate to collect precious person information, which it then makes use of to beef up Google Search and higher promote placement to advertisers. Google’s dominance in Search was so huge {that a} federal courtroom dominated the corporate to be operating an illegal monopoly. The Division of Justice needed Chrome to be offered off as a possible treatment, however a US District Judge chose other remedies instead.
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OpenAI is rumored to be launching its personal AI-powered internet browser, probably integrating its highly effective Operator AI agent.
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