• Perplexity is 10 times better than Google

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    ISSUE 21.46 • 2024-11-11

    PUBLIC DEFENDER

    Brian Livingston

    By Brian Livingston

    The chatbot wars are well underway, and one result is that I find myself using the new Perplexity search engine 99% of the time, falling back on Google only to look up a street address or some trivial factoid.

    Google has served up its now-familiar list of 10 links for years. Perplexity also points you to several websites and videos. But its result pages begin with a well-written summary of what you’d learn if you actually visited all those links and vids.

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