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Explore the intriguing concept of Perplexity in AI Decoded. Unravel its significance in machine learning and natural language processing.
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Meet Perplexity AI, the search engine that's basically Google with a PhD. It's becoming the go-to tool for anyone who likes their answers served with a side of actual facts.
Perfect for fact-checking those wild claims your uncle makes on Facebook 🔎, diving deep into research rabbit holes, or proving that no, the moon isn't made of cheese.
The feature set is impressive enough to make other AI tools feel like pocket calculators. Different search modes like Auto, Deep Research, and Pro Search deliver tailored results. It devours academic papers, web content, and social media posts like a grad student during finals week. It even analyzes PDFs and images without breaking a sweat.
The "Discover" tab works like a news butler 📰, serving up personalized content on tech, finance, science, culture, and sports – based on your previous searches. "Spaces" lets you organize your AI chats by topic, similar to ChatGPT's Custom GPTs (but with less existential dread).
"Pages" lets you create AI-generated Wikipedia pages 📄 that you can edit and share. The mobile app shows off with camera-based search and voice recognition 📱, perfect for when typing feels too 2023.
As a cherry on top, Perplexity integrates image generation through Flux One, DALL·E 3, and Playground V3 🎨. It even connects with Crunchbase AI to predict startup funding trends with 95% accuracy 📈 (though it's still working on predicting cryptocurrency crashes).
Strengths: ✅
Weaknesses: ⚠️
Pricing: 💰
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