- Perplexity updated its Comet Assistant AI to multitask across browser tabs
- Comet can also complete more difficult and complex multi-step quests
- The AI also now asks for user permission before acting directly in the browser.
Perplexity Comet Assistant was designed to do things online on your behalf. A new update improves the AI to do this on a much larger scale, allowing the revamped Assistant to work across tabs and stick to more complex tasks for longer periods of time.
Comet is the center of Perplexity’s AI-infused browser. AI is everywhere when browsing the web, taking over tasks, and streamlining search and digital paperwork. The update gives Comet a longer attention span and more precise web knowledge. Comet also has a better sense of boundaries, with the AI now asking permission before acting in your browser.
The most notable improvement is Comet’s ability to handle multiple types of actions at once. AI can multitask across tabs and apps to complete tasks, mimicking human behavior. Instead of switching between tabs for searching, data entry, and reference, Comet will look at all three for you at once. —
And the new version of Comet Assistant better analyzes complex web environments. This means he can do more with less micromanagement. You can ask it to check multiple websites to find flight deals at the same time, for example.
Of course, giving AI more capabilities means rethinking how it earns your trust. To that end, the team added a layer of user control that puts you squarely in the driver’s seat. If Comet detects that a task could be performed more easily by directly clicking on links, filling out forms, or extracting data from a page, it will ask for your green light. This choice persists throughout the rest of the task.
Agent Comet
Perplexity claims that there is a measurable improvement with the improved Comet. Internal testing shows a 23% improvement in task success compared to the previous version. The real importance, however, lies in how it handles multi-step instructions. Comet is much more likely to complete long, branching tasks that require context and monitoring.
All of this is good news for the average user who opens a browser in the morning, gets distracted by ten unrelated tabs, and ends the day wondering what actually got done. Comet now functions as a background assistant that notices mess and offers to clean it up, such as pulling data from school attendance portals to make sure you’re aware of how often your child has missed class.
While competitors like Opera’s Neon and OpenAI’s Atlas AI browser are experimenting with autonomous AI assistants, Comet has taken a hands-on approach.
There are of course still limits. Comet can’t yet run entire projects without supervision, and it doesn’t always understand nuances or prioritize tasks like you might. But it comes close to something more reliable, within limits. But if you’re bombarded by browser chaos, Comet may have enough virtual hands to sort it all out.
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