Aravind Srinivas, chief govt officer Perplexity AI, throughout a information convention on the SK Telecom Co. headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, Sept.4, 2024.
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Perplexity AI on Thursday introduced that its artificial-intelligence-powered internet browser Comet is accessible worldwide, and will probably be free to customers.
The Comet browser is designed to function a private assistant that may search the online, manage tabs, draft emails, store and extra, in line with Perplexity. The startup initially launched Comet in July to Perplexity Max subscribers for $200 a month, and the waitlist has ballooned to “hundreds of thousands” of individuals, the corporate stated.
Tune in at 8:10 a.m. ET Friday as Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas joins CNBC TV to debate the discharge of its AI browser Comet to customers totally free. Watch in actual time on CNBC+ or the CNBC Professional stream.
Perplexity’s determination to offer Comet totally free may assist it entice extra customers as it really works to fend off rivals like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic which have their very own AI browser choices.
In September, Google rolled out Gemini in its Chrome browser, Anthropic introduced a browser-based AI agent in August and OpenAI introduced Operator, an agent that makes use of a browser to finish duties, in January. Perplexity made an unsolicited $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser in August.
Perplexity is finest recognized for its AI-powered search engine that provides customers easy solutions to questions and hyperlinks out to the unique supply materials on the net. After the corporate was accused of plagiarizing content material from media retailers, it launched a revenue-sharing mannequin with publishers final yr.
The corporate additionally launched Comet Plus in August, which is a subscription that provides customers entry to content material from “trusted publishers and journalists,” in line with a weblog publish. Perplexity stated Tuesday that CNN, Condé Nast, The Washington Publish, Los Angeles Instances, Fortune, Le Monde, and Le Figaro are its inaugural publishing companions.
Perplexity stated extra options are additionally on the best way. The corporate teased a cell model of Comet and a function referred to as Background Assistant, which may work on a number of duties concurrently and asynchronously.
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