From Perplexity to Productivity: The New AI Browser Taking Technology by Storm
Exploring how AI is reshaping the way we think, build, and create — one idea at a time
There’s a new player in the game of AI browsers. Perplexity AI, the team behind the famous ‘answer engine’, recently made its ‘Comet’ browser free and globally available in October 2025. It has been marketed as a ‘thinking partner’ whose conversational assistant helps you ask questions, highlight text, summarize content, compare stuff, and even automate specific actions.
Early testers see this as an early example of what futuristic browsing can offer. Although Comet aims to provide a good mix of a search engine, research tool, and productivity assistant, ambitious tech launches like these come with their own breakthroughs, bugs, and bold promises.
What Everyone Seems to be Loving
Unsurprisingly, there’s a lot of hype around it. Users love the fact that you don’t have to open a hundred browsers to find a single answer. The built-in AI assistant is quite helpful in summarizing and contextualizing content on each page.
People also seem to love the ‘highlight-and-ask’ feature. It basically allows you to select a bunch of text and ask the AI to explain it. Besides, its interface and performance are getting huge praises as well. Since it’s free, many users are trying it out of curiosity, if not amazement.
The Backlash and Blunder
No launch lands perfectly. Many users can’t shrug off the feeling that it is just an ‘AI add-on’ instead of an AI revolution. They believe that the browser is like any other, just with an AI sticker slapped on it. Truth be told, for people who use AI extensions with Chrome, Comet won’t have much to offer.
However, the bigger blunder is about security. Reports from Brave and Guardio highlighted vulnerabilities in how Comet’s AI assistant handles “prompt injections”. Even though it isn’t a dealbreaker, it still serves as a reminder that even the most futuristic technologies can be unsafe, and the cases of hackers creating fake versions of the browser only add fuel to the fire.
My Perspective: The Spirit is what Counts
AI browsers like Comet are fascinating, to put it mildly. They mark a shift from simplistic browsing to thinking alongside the internet. For decades, browsers have been passive, and this launch marks a positive shift.
What I tend to believe is that speculation and criticism are essential. You cannot innovate what’s already at its peak. People were critical of iPhones back in the day, people were critical of AI when it first launched, and people are critical of Comet now; it’s a pattern and a good one at that. Not only does it bring to light what went wrong, but it also helps speed up updates and fixes. Progress rarely arrives polished.
Would I use the browser right away? Probably not. Am I hopeful? Definitely. I like the mindset it represents. We’re moving from “browsing for answers” to “asking for understanding.” That subtle shift could redefine productivity itself.
Whether Comet ends up being the browser of the future or just the one that made us imagine it, either way, it’s pushed the entire industry one step forward. And that’s worth paying attention to.
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Prompt of the Day: Your Personal Research Assistant
I want you to act as a research co-pilot. I’ll give you a topic, and you’ll find credible, recent insights about it, summarize them concisely, and cite trustworthy sources.
Start by summarizing the top 3 key takeaways. Then, give me links or references to where you found them.
Only time will tell how the browser develops. But it's exciting to see these innovations for sure
I used comet for one week and did not reuse. Chrome extensions do my work