Two major artificial intelligence (AI) companies are reportedly launching web browsers to rival Google Search’s dominance.
Perplexity AI announced Wednesday that it launched Comet, an independent search engine for Mac and Windows that bypasses traditional browsers like Google Chrome or Apple’s Safari.
The search engine is so far only available to people subscribed to Perplexity Max and a small pool of people who received invitations to try out the new platform.
In a demonstration of the new search engine, a user searches in Perplexity and asks it to put together a shopping list for two dishes that can be accessed on a grocery website, and then generates a recipe to put it together.
Comet will also have an AI assistant that can click, type, submit, and autofill for the user. It will also be able to manage people’s emails and calendars and highlight interesting news from their feeds.
Source: OpenAI, Perplexity challenge Google’s dominance in online search with new AI-powered web browsers
