Confused guilty AI is now free. MAX users get a new “background assistant”

Start AI Search Confusion Do you make it new? Guilty The browser is available for all in the world for free because it works to put the product against large browsers and search engines. For some paid subscribers, the startup also launched a new “background assistant” to deal with multiple tasks via the comet.

The confusion was launched for the first time The comet for subscribers from the MAX plan worth $ 200 a month Three months ago, since then, “millions” have participated in the waiting list to download the browser. The main feature of Comet is the Sidecar assistant that joins you while browsing, which helps to answer any questions you may have about the web page you do, summarize the content, managing web content, and moving on web pages on your behalf.

The confusion moves to make the guilty free comes as it fights the startup to compete against each of the job occupants Google Chrome And new arrivals are like Browser Browser Company, which works in Amnesty International. It also comes before the long -awaited Openai Launching the browser that works in your rooster.

In the face of such competition, confusion will need to prove that the Comet agent’s capabilities are working reliably. Because without concrete productivity gains, people may be less inclined to switch than their current browsers.

For free users, the Comet’s Perplexity Browser is still limited to Sidecar assistant. All users can also access different tools such as Discover (news recommendations and custom content similar to the new Openai); Spaces (to organize and manage different projects); Shopping (helps compare prices and find deals via online retailers); Travel (provides collected information on travel destinations, flights, stay, etc.); Finance (tools for balance, tracking expenses, investment monitoring); Sports (updates on grades, tables and news).

MAX users get access to high -performance artificial intelligence models and can access the e -mail assistant for Perplexity, which is in formulating responses and writing responses that match your dialect; Regulating and setting your inbox priorities; Schedule of meetings; And answer the questions about your inbox.

MAX users also get early access to confusion products and features, including a “new background assistant” announced by CEO Aravind Srinivas at an event Wednesday evening.

The company spokesman described the assistant as “a team of assistants who work for you” that you can manage and follow it from a central information panel such as “control of the task”.

The assistant performs multiple tasks on your computer in the background while you are doing another or walking away to make a sandwich. In example, gave me an official speaker, you can give the assistant important to send an email and add the cheapest tickets to a concert to your shopping cart, and find the best direct trip in a specific date and time. You can check for completing the task in the dashboard and jumping to complete the tasks – such as hitting the email, interfering or seizing. The assistant will teach you when his mission ends.

The background assistant also contains “better connectors”, so that it can access other applications on your computer, according to the official spokesman. TECHCRUNCH Request more details about use situations and where the background auxiliary is flourishing.

Free comet users can also buy a $ 5 independent subscription per month in Come Plus, a coming product aimed at providing an improved alternative to Apple News. Pro Users (who pay $ 20 a month for advanced artificial intelligence models, generate photos and video, download and analyze files, etc.) and MAX users will get access to Comet Plus automatically.