By @tomsguide
Publication Date: 2026-03-03 10:02:00
To say there’s an overwhelming amount of AI chatbots to use would be an understatement.
We’re sure you’ve dipped your toes into the AI waters by interacting with ChatGPT since it’s one of the most popular AI tools in the space. Recently, the “QuitGPT” movement has gained plenty of steam and resulted in ChatGPT users cancelling their subscriptions due to the AI’s parent company, OpenAI, finalizing an agreement with the United States Department of War. That partnership has injected a sense of fear and distrust into former ChatGPT users who suspect that the US military will incorporate the AI technology into their efforts to do advanced mass surveillance on its citizens.
If you’re hoping to transition from ChatGPT and adopt a new chatbot in its place, allow us to direct you to one of the best alternatives: Perplexity. It excels as a search-and-answer engine that pulls answers from the web with valid citations, focuses on research & fact-checking, and provides compatible tools such as Comet and Perplexity Computer that improve your web browsing experience & workflow, respectively.
As a first-timer, be sure to make good use of the seven following prompts to become familiar with Perplexity’s capabilities and realize why it makes sense to keep it with you as your primary AI assistant.
Let Perplexity learn who you are and help you deepen your knowledge on a specific topic
