Perplexity Comet turns the browser into an AI assistant for delegated web tasks

Perplexity describes Comet as an AI browser that acts as a personal assistant. The product page focuses on task delegation: research the web, organize email, plan travel, compare options and handle everyday workflows from inside the browser.

That makes Comet a useful topic because it sits directly on top of existing internet behavior. People already search, click, compare and copy information between tabs. The AI browser tries to compress that behavior into a guided workflow.

Search engines traditionally return information. AI browsers try to operate on information. They can summarize a page, compare sources, draft a response, track tasks and move across websites. The user still needs control, but the interface changes from lookup to delegation.

This is why Comet should be covered alongside ChatGPT agent, Manus and other agent products. The common idea is not a smarter answer. It is a system that can take a sequence of steps.

A browser agent touches private pages, logged-in accounts and live websites. That makes prompt injection and bad instructions more dangerous than in a normal chatbot. If a webpage can influence the assistant, the assistant needs strong separation between user intent and page content.

The core tradeoff is simple. An AI browser is powerful because it sees what you see. It is risky for the same reason.

Comet is trending because it tests whether AI can replace tab chaos. The browser is where digital work actually happens, so an assistant inside the browser has a better chance of becoming habit-forming than a standalone chatbot.

The key question is trust. Users will delegate more only if they can see actions, stop mistakes and keep personal data under control.