Use an agentic browser to compare options and summarize pages
People used Perplexity Comet to research trips and housing, and some students let browser agents finish online quizzes.
- What they did
- Students pointed agentic browsers like Perplexity Comet at Canvas and Coursera and had them complete assigned quizzes. Separately, Carter Schwalb, a Bradley University senior, used the same kind of tool to organize trip ideas, look for apartments, and condense web pages. These browsers can act on websites without manual typing or clicking.
- How it went
- The report does not give completion rates or timing. It says the quizzes were finished, and notes that multiple-choice tests and discussion forums do not have AI-detection checks. Perplexity’s CEO also told one student not to use it that way.
- Tips
- If you try this, limit it to research and comparison work, not school submissions or other high-stakes tasks. Have it stop before any booking, payment, or form submission, and review anything it produces for privacy risks.
Try it yourself with Perplexity Comet
Help me research [trip/apartment/school topic] using multiple websites and give me a clear summary of the best options, key trade-offs, and links. Organize the results in a table, then explain which choice seems best for [my needs]. Stop before making any booking, payment, sending, or submission, and ask for my approval first.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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