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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.
What Comet is aiming for
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 also use it to perform such tasks as booking meetings, making purchases, or signing up for services.
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In short, Comet Assistant is context-aware, able to reference open tabs for research, summarize content inline, and answer questions about web pages without copy-pasting. This is especially useful for tasks like comparing products across sites or analyzing information on the fly.
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If you're the kind of person who keeps dozens of tabs open when you're working on a problem, you'll love how Comet can pull information from all your tabs to give you answers.
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