Perplexity opens Comet AI browser to everyone for free

Perplexity has made its AI browser Comet freely available to all users after a limited early release in July. Comet embeds a personal AI assistant directly into the browsing experience, aiming to make web research, summarization and task completion faster without switching apps.

The launch comes just days after OpenAI introduced its own browser project, Atlas, on macOS — setting up immediate competition in the emerging category of AI‑first browsers. Both efforts reflect a broader push to integrate large‑model assistants more tightly into how people browse the web.

What Comet offers

• Built‑in AI assistant: Summarize pages, answer questions and generate content without leaving the browser.
• Research workflow: Tools to collect, cite and organize web findings more efficiently.
• Free access: Comet is now available to everyone at no cost, expanding its potential user base beyond early testers.

Context & competition

OpenAI’s Atlas and other AI browser projects aim to reduce context‑switching by integrating conversational agents into browsing. The key differentiators will be assistant quality, privacy behavior, extension and web compatibility, and how each product balances cloud processing with local controls.

Users and developers will likely compare things like response accuracy, sources cited, browsing speed, data handling (what is logged or shared) and integrations with existing tools or extensions.

Privacy and practical considerations

• Data handling: Check Perplexity’s privacy documentation to see how browsing queries and results are stored, used or shared.
• Extensions & compatibility: Evaluate whether Comet supports the extensions and workflows you rely on.
• Feature parity: Compare core assistant capabilities with Atlas and other competitors to see which fits your needs.

To try Comet or learn more, visit Perplexity’s Comet page or Perplexity’s main site: perplexity.ai.

Discussion: Will you try an AI browser like Comet for daily browsing and research — or do the privacy and accuracy questions keep you on traditional browsers? What features would make an AI browser indispensable for you?