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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Task: When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Perplexity As I open up the link to get started on Perplexity's new Comet browser, I'm greeted with a mysterious sound, graphics of spinning planets and a sense of grandeur. Is it over-the-top? Yes. But at the same time, it feels right. Perplexity recently took arguably its biggest step as a company, launching its own internet browser. Think Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. The big difference is this is an entirely AI-powered browser. What does that mean exactly? Well, along with the usual Perplexity function of being both a chatbot and an internet search tool, blending search results and summaries, this new tool also includes your very own AI assistant. This is essentially an AI feature that does the heavy lifting for you. It can find and book restaurants, track down the best prices on a new laptop, or scan through your emails and compile a report of everything you've been sent over the last month. The Perplexity team gave me access to the new Comet browser to try out. I've spent some time using it, with one real question in mind: Is AI-powered browsing really the future or just a gimmick? Getting started with Comet Credit: Perplexity After the theatrics of logging in, complete with choosing my planet design (I went with Mars, but I'm not really sure what that means), putting it into Dark Mode, and installing the new browser, I was in. Comet looks almost completely identical to the existing Perplexity experience. There's a box to type your searches and questions, the discover and spaces tabs to the left and your account settings. However, this is now a complete browser. It is built on the Chrome system so it will look very familiar to any Google Chrome users. I logged in using my Chrome account and all of my bookmarks carried over. Just like any browser you've used before, there are tabs at the top and you can even set Comet as your default browser. All of this is interesting, but right now it is essentially Chrome with a few extra AI tricks. It's the assistant that really puts Comet in a space of its own. I tried using it on a variety of tasks to see how it would handle them. Find me a restaurant Credit: Perplexity Going out to eat is a lovely experience. Finding and booking a restaurant, on the other hand, is not. With this in mind, I set Comet to work, saying: "Find me a well-reviewed vegetarian restaurant in Bristol that is relatively affordable and book me a table for next Thursday at 7 pm". I then went and made a coffee. I came back to my laptop to find a long string of actions from Comet. It had tracked down a variety of restaurants that fit all of my requirements and was desperately scrolling through each one to find a table. When you use the assistant, Perplexity lists out every single step it takes. It is painfully granular, but when it is handling your finances, calendar, and accounts, this is exactly what you want. When you use the assistant, Perplexity lists out every single step it takes. It is painfully granular, but when it is handling your finances, calendar, and accounts, this is exactly what you want. I scrolled through its steps, seeing it run each restaurant against my requirements, then trying to book each one in order of which best fit what I was after. It finally found a table that would fit what I had asked for and asked if I would like to book it. I said yes, gave it my phone number and email, and voila! I had a booking confirmation sent to my email. Where I normally would have had to research restaurants and check each one's booking availability, all I had to do was prompt Perplexity, go get a drink, and come back to say yes. An incredibly reassuring feature is that Perplexity never completes the process without checking first. In other words, even if you prompt it to find and buy you a new pair of shoes, it will ask at the end if you're still sure. It can also just add something to your basket or save the item if you're not actually ready to buy yet. Buy me new coffee beans Credit: Perplexity While I made my coffee, waiting for my table to be booked, I noticed I was running low on coffee beans. In the thrall of my new AI browser power, I instantly made my next prompt request: "Find me a 500g bag of Lavazza coffee beans at their lowest price and put them in my basket".; tools: Perplexity Comet. Human role: The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.; limitations: The source does not specify costs, error rates, or integration constraints. Reliability depends on the AI's ability to navigate dynamic web forms. Human approval is mandatory before finalizing bookings or purchases. The workflow is described as a personal trial, not a verified enterprise solution..
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Perplexity As I open up the link to get started on Perplexity's new Comet browser, I'm greeted with a mysterious sound, graphics of spinning planets and a sense of grandeur. Is it over-the-top? Yes. But at the same time, it feels right. Perplexity recently took arguably its biggest step as a company, launching its own internet browser. Think Google Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. The big difference is this is an entirely AI-powered browser. What does that mean exactly? Well, along with the usual Perplexity function of being both a chatbot and an internet search tool, blending search results and summaries, this new tool also includes your very own AI assistant. This is essentially an AI feature that does the heavy lifting for you. It can find and book restaurants, track down the best prices on a new laptop, or scan through your emails and compile a report of everything you've been sent over the last month. The Perplexity team gave me access to the new Comet browser to try out. I've spent some time using it, with one real question in mind: Is AI-powered browsing really the future or just a gimmick? Getting started with Comet Credit: Perplexity After the theatrics of logging in, complete with choosing my planet design (I went with Mars, but I'm not really sure what that means), putting it into Dark Mode, and installing the new browser, I was in. Comet looks almost completely identical to the existing Perplexity experience. There's a box to type your searches and questions, the discover and spaces tabs to the left and your account settings. However, this is now a complete browser. It is built on the Chrome system so it will look very familiar to any Google Chrome users. I logged in using my Chrome account and all of my bookmarks carried over. Just like any browser you've used before, there are tabs at the top and you can even set Comet as your default browser. All of this is interesting, but right now it is essentially Chrome with a few extra AI tricks. It's the assistant that really puts Comet in a space of its own. I tried using it on a variety of tasks to see how it would handle them. Find me a restaurant Credit: Perplexity Going out to eat is a lovely experience. Finding and booking a restaurant, on the other hand, is not. With this in mind, I set Comet to work, saying: "Find me a well-reviewed vegetarian restaurant in Bristol that is relatively affordable and book me a table for next Thursday at 7 pm". I then went and made a coffee. I came back to my laptop to find a long string of actions from Comet. It had tracked down a variety of restaurants that fit all of my requirements and was desperately scrolling through each one to find a table. When you use the assistant, Perplexity lists out every single step it takes. It is painfully granular, but when it is handling your finances, calendar, and accounts, this is exactly what you want. When you use the assistant, Perplexity lists out every single step it takes. It is painfully granular, but when it is handling your finances, calendar, and accounts, this is exactly what you want. I scrolled through its steps, seeing it run each restaurant against my requirements, then trying to book each one in order of which best fit what I was after. It finally found a table that would fit what I had asked for and asked if I would like to book it. I said yes, gave it my phone number and email, and voila! I had a booking confirmation sent to my email. Where I normally would have had to research restaurants and check each one's booking availability, all I had to do was prompt Perplexity, go get a drink, and come back to say yes. An incredibly reassuring feature is that Perplexity never completes the process without checking first. In other words, even if you prompt it to find and buy you a new pair of shoes, it will ask at the end if you're still sure. It can also just add something to your basket or save the item if you're not actually ready to buy yet. Buy me new coffee beans Credit: Perplexity While I made my coffee, waiting for my table to be booked, I noticed I was running low on coffee beans. In the thrall of my new AI browser power, I instantly made my next prompt request: "Find me a 500g bag of Lavazza coffee beans at their lowest price and put them in my basket".
Reported result
The author successfully booked a table after the AI identified a suitable option and requested confirmation. No quantitative metrics or failure rates were reported. The outcome was a single successful manual-approval workflow, demonstrating the tool's ability to handle complex booking forms with human oversight.
Human role
The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.
Limitations
The source does not specify costs, error rates, or integration constraints. Reliability depends on the AI's ability to navigate dynamic web forms. Human approval is mandatory before finalizing bookings or purchases. The workflow is described as a personal trial, not a verified enterprise solution.
Try it
Act as a user testing Perplexity Comet for automated booking. [replaceable inputs: target city, cuisine type, date/time, budget]. Step 1: Open Comet and log in. Step 2: Prompt the assistant: 'Find a [cuisine] restaurant in [city] under [budget] and book a table for [date/time]'. Step 3: Monitor the step-by-step execution log. Step 4: When the AI proposes a booking, review the restaurant details. Step 5: Provide phone/email only if the choice is acceptable. Step 6: Confirm the booking. Measure success by verifying the email confirmation. If the AI fails to find options or errors out, note the specific step. Do not auto-confirm without human review.
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