By Eric Hal Schwartz
Publication Date: 2025-11-08 03:00:00
- Perplexity has updated its Comet Assistant AI to multitask across browser tabs
- Comet can also complete more difficult and complex quests with multiple steps
- The AI also now asks for user permission before acting directly in the browser
Perplexity Comet Assistant was built to do things online on your behalf. A new update enhances the AI to do that on a much bigger scale, enabling the revamped assistant to work across multiple tabs and stick with more complex jobs for longer stretches.
Comet is the center of Perplexity’s AI-infused browser. The AI is ever-present while perusing the web, picking up tasks, and streamlining research and digital paperwork. The update provides Comet with a longer attention span and sharper web awareness. Comet also has a better sense of boundaries, with the AI now asking for permission before taking action in your browser.
Comet’s ability to handle more types of actions at once is the standout improvement. The AI can multitask across tabs and apps to complete tasks, mimicking human behavior. Instead of bouncing back and forth between tabs for research, data entry, and reference, Comet will look at all three for you at once. —
And the new version of Comet Assistant is better at parsing complex web environments. That means it can do more with less micromanagement. You can ask it to look at multiple websites for flight deals all at once, for instance.
Of course, giving AI more capability means rethinking…
