What if there was one tool that could do both?
Thats the niche Perplexity AI aims to fill.
(At least, the ones that can’t connect to the internet.)
They cant give you the latest insights from new scientific papers, or even chatter on Reddit.
Perplexity has its own search engine that delves into the web and scrapes the latest information.
You are free to rename or delete threads along the way as well.
The search results populate directly inside the UI of the chatbot.
Combine all this, and you get an experience thats better than using just Google Search or ChatGPT alone.
By default, Perplexity uses an enhanced version of GPT 3.5 for things like language processing and generative text.
Pro Search for anyone
Perplexity has a small toggle in the prompt box labeledPro.
Turn it on, and it kicks everything into high gear by using GPT-4 by default.
Before giving you an answer, it might even ask you to clarify using a follow-up question.
Then, Perplexity sifts through the interwebs to find what it judges to be the best resources.
It’s not the only one
Perplexity isn’t the only AI search game in town.
Copilot uses ChatGPT-4 Turbo in the free tier as well, whereas Turbo is limited to Perplexity Pro searches.
That said, Microsoft Copilot is dependent on Bing search, while Perplexity uses its own search engine.
Copilot works best in Edge, though it’s also accessible on the web and via mobile apps.
Microsoft Copilot is also quite fast in giving you answers.
Ultimaitely, which tool to choose comes down to the experience.
While ithasa generative text Focus, it is not great at outputting creative text.
On the plus side, Perplexitys free plan will actually be enough for most users.
Perplexity AI is available on the web, and can be accessed using mobile apps and aChrome extension.
It’s also a default search engine option inthe Arc net web surfer.
