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Comet is now available globally for free.
It debuted in July for $200-per-month.
It's part of a broader industry effort to AI-ify browsers.
Perplexity announced Thursday that its AI-powered web browser, Comet, is now available everywhere for free.
Launched in July through the company's $200-per-month Perplexity Max service, the browser comes with a built-in AI agent that can track users' browsing activity and interact with third-party websites and apps. Perplexity has marketed its new browser as a more intuitive, dynamic, and engaging alternative to traditional browsers like Chrome and Safari, which the company has painted as antiquated, one-way portals to the internet -- though Gemini is now integrated directly with Chrome.
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Comet is positioned as an AI companion that gently tugs on people's innate inquisitiveness as they navigate the web, leading them to discover new and unexpected information.
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