Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet browser is part of a rising trend toward AI browsers, but whether it’s the future or just a pricey experiment remains to be seen.

Yesterday, Perplexity, the fast-growing AI platform, soft-launched Comet, a new web browser meant to compete with Google Chrome and Safari.

A test of the app Dia illustrates that the humble web browser may be the path to making artificial intelligence more natural to use.

Firefox’s sidebar is one of many experimental methods that browser makers are using to find a new format for the AI era.