Perplexity - a web enabled GPT

Perplexity is a relatively new GPT that is web enabled and, importantly, quotes the sources of where the information was gleaned from. What is particularly interesting, beyond the results, is that it can plug into an OpenAI account, should you want, but more importantly the company behind Perplexity publishes the names and sources of the primary financial backers of the project. It's already available for iPhones and soon, it seems, for Android.

The search screen prompt is well tailored to quick searches too, which adds to its usability. Below is a sample of it's findings from an initial prompt followed by one of its suggested follow on prompts. It really is easy to use with one of the best UX's available for its type.

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