Comet , an AI-powered web browser built to take on Google Chrome, is now available free, the AI search company Perplexity said in a statement Thursday.

The browser was previously limited to subscribers to Perplexity Max and Pro. Comet no longer requires a subscription.

Unlike a traditional web browser, Comet has an AI assistant built in. It can be called at any point to answer questions about the page being looked at and can use its agent to click on the page and accomplish tasks for the user. Perplexity said Comet users were asking more questions than they had asked the company's search tool before, with queries that didn't resemble traditional online searches.

At a private event in San Francisco, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas also previewed Comet for mobile, showing off its ag

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