What is an AI Browser?

Research moves faster when the answers come with sources—but speed only helps when you know how to question, verify, and use what you find. In this lesson, I’ll show you how to use Perplexity’s free plan as a practical research assistant rather than an answer machine.

You’ll build a repeatable research workflow that helps you:

  • Ask focused research questions that produce more useful answers.
  • Inspect citations and evaluate the quality of the original sources.
  • Use follow-up prompts to explore competing ideas, limitations, and missing context.
  • Organize your findings into notes, outlines, source lists, and research briefs.
  • Verify important claims before using them in published work or business decisions.


Whether you’re researching an article, comparing products, investigating a market, or learning a new subject, you’ll gain a practical process for finding information faster without sacrificing accuracy, source quality, or your own judgment.

What you'll learn: 

  • What Is an AI Browser?
  • When to Use an AI Browser
  • AI Browsers vs. Regular Browsers
  • Getting Started with Perplexity Comet
  • Smarter Web Work with AI Browsers
Learn what an AI browser is, how it differs from a regular browser, and when to use tools like Perplexity Comet for faster, clearer web research at work.
  • 8.5m of video instruction
  • 1 lesson
Patrick Jones - Course author
Meet YOUR instructor

Corey Noles

Corey is the co-host of The Neuron's weekly podcast and Managing Editor of AI at TechnologyAdvice. Corey teaches practical AI workflows for real-world work