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Perplexity is offering students one free month of Perplexity Pro.
The company is positioning Comet as "study buddy, and tutor."
AI is rapidly becoming a fixture in the classroom.
Like it or not, artificial intelligence is becoming a fixture in the classroom. This is being pushed along at a brisk pace by tech companies eager to get their products into the hands of millions of students.
On Thursday, Perplexity became the latest AI developer to offer a back-to-school special: Students can access one free month of Comet, the company's AI-centered web browsing platform that debuted in July to rival Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari. The browser is currently available through Perplexity Pro, which costs $200 annually.
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