Perplexity Teases AI Web Browser Called Comet 22
AI-powered search engine Perplexity is developing its own web browser named Comet. "Just like Perplexity reinvented search, we're also reinventing the browser," a Perplexity spokesperson told TechCrunch. "Stay tuned for updates." From the report: In a post on X on Monday, the company launched a sign-up list for the browser, which isn't yet available. It's unclear when it might be -- or what the browser will look like, even. But we do have a name: Comet. [...] Perplexity may be betting that it can leverage its search engine user base to quickly ramp up and make some sort of a dent in the space with Comet.
PERPLEXITY REINVENTED SEARCH (Score:2)
> Just like Perplexity reinvented search, we're also reinventing the browser,"
Perplexity didn't re-invent anything. The world uses mostly Google in the Western world, DuckDuckGo in the not-wanting-to-be-tracked world, and Yandex and Baidu in the Eastern part.
What a bunch of self-serving crap. Who would say such a CLEARLY FALSE thing? ...
>...a Perplexity spokesperson
But of course you are.
Re: PERPLEXITY REINVENTED SEARCH (Score:1)
I never heard of it, but....reinventing something does not imply any level of actual usage, like you seem to suggest.
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I have reinvented reinvention, but for some reason nobody is falling in line to give me money. I think I need a patent or trademark or something.
And of course they have only my interests at heart (Score:2)
Is there a list where I can sign up to never, ever, ever get this, even under threat of (a different kind of) torture?
I am perplexed by this (Score:3)
A new web browser? They really are speedrunning the dotcom era to its inevitable bust.
Chrome with their shitty AI in it? (Score:4)
YAC (Score:4, Insightful)
>"Perplexity is developing its own web browser"
Yeah, right. Define "its own". 99% chance it will just be Yet Another Chrom*.
New engine? (Score:2)
I bet it's not a new engine...that would take a lot of time/effort.
Remember when new tech did stuff you wanted? (Score:2)
In comparison this latest AI craze feels like 95% smoke with only 5% fire. Executives and venture capitalists care a thousand times more than actual people. The hundreds of millions of "weekly active u
Re: Remember when new tech did stuff you wanted? (Score:2)
I used to work for a self driving car startup. It was indeed a lot of smoke and mirrors. A lot of companies have thrown the towel on this branch of AI. I do use ai to help me autocomplete some coding tasks but it is still really bad at doing a real project from scratch and keeps inventing API calls that do not exist... but would be neat if they did.
Just like all the buzz around self driving cars a few years ago, it will take a few years for investor money to dry out as they realize that the technology is no
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He wants an answer in 10 seconds and to claim he's educated and smarter than others. It's a common flaw in people raised on 60-second sound-bites. This is why universities set essays like compare/contrast the sex life of one-legged ducks and the trajectory of the Dow Index. The student learns to research, to collate facts, to pick a side and finally to recognize, all problems have a legacy/past. And hopefully, the student gains useful domain knowledge.
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And linkedin users. So I don't disagree with you, but it would be interesting to have demographic stats about LLM usage. where over time I increasingly exclude LLM from the concept of AI.
Possible uses? (Score:2)
I guess an AI browser could surf the Web for me while I do other things ... :-)
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I believe the AI browser can hallucinate websites when you need to visit them when they're down.
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"Dude, ever since using the Perplexed Vomit Browser, my doom scrolling is way more efficient. It knows exactly what stories will make me feel the worst."
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I guess an AI browser could surf the Web for me while I do other things ... :-)
Absolutely, positively, 100% fully self browsing.
So... It's one Elon's companies. :-)
Re:Possible uses? Talking to each other (Score:3)
Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave
https://twitter.com/i/status/1... [twitter.com]
Comet as a harbinger... (Score:2)
Comet as a harbinger of doom or misfortune?
JoshK.