I tried Perplexity's Comet AI browser - here's what you need to know

Perplexity Comet isn't the first AI-powered web browser to arrive. That honor goes to Dia, but thanks to the popularity of Perplexity as an AI-enabled search engine and chatbot, it's getting a lot of attention. It deserves it.

An agentic browser, Comet isn't just a web browser with AI glued to it, as are Chrome with Gemini and Edge with Copilot. It's designed from the ground up to use AI to automate tasks and improve your workflow. 

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Its architecture is built around an AI assistant, Comet Assistant, that lives in a sidebar. There, it can work on the content of any active webpage. So, for instance, you can ask questions about YouTube videos, analyze Google Docs, or summarize articles without leaving your page or other open tabs. You can ...