Perplexity AI Launches Comet Browser for iPhone
Perplexity launched one of the first AI-focused web browsers with Comet on the Mac last summer. Now, the long-promised iPhone version is available, bringing agentic browsing with voice search and smart summaries to iOS.
Why it matters
An AI-native browser on iPhone challenges both Apple's Safari and Google Chrome dominance on mobile. If users adopt AI browsers that answer questions rather than listing search results, it could fundamentally disrupt the $200 billion digital advertising market that depends on users clicking through to websites.
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Where do you stand?
Should AI browsers that answer questions directly be required to compensate the publishers whose content they summarize?
Should Apple be required to allow competing AI browsers as defaults on iPhone?
Is the disruption AI-powered browsers cause to advertising-funded journalism a price worth paying for better user experience?