Perplexity

"Perplexity excels primarily in its AI-powered search capabilities but also includes many of the same functions found in standard AI chatbots. With access to multiple models, it can effectively manage tasks like creative writing, file processing, and image generation. However, its underwhelming deep research tool and the unclear details about which model powers its media generation features can be disappointing."

"Perplexity brands itself as an "AI-powered answer engine" and not an AI chatbot. It focuses more on AI-powered search than ChatGPT or Gemini, and its design reflects this use case. This is most noticeable when trying to have a conversation with Perplexity, as it is much less conversational than a chatbot. That said, Perplexity allows you to chat, do deep research, generate images and videos, pen creative writing, process files, solve math problems, and voice chat, among other things, just like chatbots."

"Like chatbots, my favorite use for Perplexity is answering questions and conducting research. Often, it's easier (and quicker) to paste my question into Perplexity than to turn it into a keyword soup, search Google, and scroll through the results until I find something relevant. Perplexity's in-depth research can also serve as a good starting point for learning about more complex topics, but more on that later."

Perplexity positions itself as an AI-powered answer engine focused on search rather than conversational chat. The platform supports chat, image and video generation, creative writing, file processing, math problem solving, voice chat, and coding via Perplexity Labs. Multiple underlying models enable handling tasks like creative work and file processing. Perplexity excels at fast question answering and simplifying research compared with traditional search engines. The deep research tool is underwhelming, and details about the models used for media generation are unclear. Perplexity is a strong option for enhanced web searches, while users needing comprehensive chatbot features may prefer ChatGPT for richer, more advanced responses.

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