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Perplexity's Comet AI Web Browser Is Now Available to Everyone
Perplexity made its AI-powered Comet browser free worldwide, with Max subscribers accessing advanced tools and 80% of subscription revenue shared with publishers.
- Perplexity AI made its Comet AI-powered web browser available worldwide for free on Thursday, expanding access beyond its $200-per-month Max subscribers from July.
- This move follows Perplexity's initial paid launch, a growing waitlist of millions, and competitive pressure from browsers like Google Chrome, which rolled out Gemini in September.
- Comet acts as a personal assistant that summarizes webpages, organizes tabs, helps shopping, and performs tasks such as sending emails and booking flights through AI agents.
- Perplexity announced Comet Plus, a $5 monthly subscription launching with partners including CNN, Condé Nast, and The Washington Post, providing frictionless access to premium, paywalled content, distributing 80% of revenue to publishers.
- The free availability of Comet and the publisher revenue-sharing program aim to attract users and establish a new browsing paradigm amid legal challenges from some media outlets.
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Perplexity launches AI subscription revenue-share scheme for publishers
Perplexity has signed up seven US-based and French publishers as launch partners for its Comet Plus subscription within the AI-powered Comet browser. Comet Plus, which costs $5 or is free to existing Perplexity Pro and Max subscribers, will let subscribers access the paywalled sites and content of participating publishers, including by letting their AI assistants complete tasks on those websites and form answers based on their content. The list …
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