Perplexity Releases Comet Browser for Free on Windows and Macos
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Perplexity has released Comet, a free AI-powered browser for Windows and macOS, sparking interest in its features and potential competition to existing browsers.
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So another Chrome.
Also: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-br...
As somebody who values privacy, that doesn't seem ideal for me. Especially if it just wants to sell this data and serve my hyper-tailored ads.
Also (TLDR making a social media post can trick the AI agent in to giving/posting the access to things like bank accounts, or anything really, has this been resolved?):
https://x.com/zack_overflow/status/1959308058200551721
The thread showing it in action, which was since buried:
https://np.reddit.com/r/testing_comet1/comments/1mvk5h8/what...