"As human and AI-generated " slop" floods the internet, Perplexity says it's fighting back by making Comet - its AI-native browser that normally costs $200 a month - free for anyone in the world, forever. "We want to build a better internet, and that needs to be accessible to everybody," Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas told Business Insider at a launch event in San Francisco on Wednesday."
""I think slop is fundamentally going to be easier to create now, and it's going to be hard to distinguish if something is AI or human on the internet," Srinivas said. The move also takes aim, again, at Google Chrome's dominance. The world's most popular browser has been relatively slow to add AI features, and a Perplexity press release called out "long-promised AI browsers from legacy companies.""
Perplexity is making Comet, its AI-native browser that previously cost $200 per month, free for everyone globally while imposing rate limits on the free tier. Comet can summarize webpages, extract key details, and navigate links on a user's behalf. The company positions the move as a response to increasing human and AI-generated low-quality "slop" online and as a competitive challenge to Google Chrome's dominance. Chrome retains over 3 billion users while Comet has a waitlist in the millions. Perplexity also launched Comet Plus, a $5 monthly add-on that grants access to partner outlets including CNN and The Washington Post.
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