India, July 10 -- This may well be the world's first 'AI browser' but will certainly not be the last. AI company Perplexity has played its cards with Comet, which CEO Aravind Srinivas says is "designed to be a thought partner and assistant". Comet, currently rolling out for Windows PCs and Mac computing devices, may well be the spark that would see a response soon enough with expectations that Sam Altman's OpenAI may be close to launching its own AI web browser in the coming weeks.

There are three tenets on which Perplexity is attempting to develop Comet - personalisation, powerful functionality, and productivity. The default search engine for Comet will be Perplexity's own, and for now, Comet access is limited to subscribers on the $200...