MakeUseOf: “Gone are the days when online research was a time-consuming (and, frankly, boring) process. Artificial intelligence (AI) finds insights from across the web, whether you want basic tips or need to research for your college thesis—and these are the best AI research tools you can use to do it. Perplexity is one of the best AI tools if you want software resembling a search engine. Each time you look up a topic, you’ll get comprehensive reasoning and a list of resources from which the information was pulled. The app will then provide a summary of your response and follow-up questions with which you can deepen your research if needed. While its basic tools are some of the best, Perplexity doesn’t stop there. With the Deep Research feature, you’ll first get initial information about your query. Then, the app will dig deeper to find all the statistics and citations you need. Once it has done that, you’ll see everything in three tabs:

• Deep Research
• Images
• Sources

From personal experience, I found Perplexity’s Deep Research tool to be significantly more comprehensive than Copilot and ChatGPT (though you should still consider getting Perplexity Pro and ChatGPT Plus subscriptions. Perplexity, in general, is so good that it has even made AI doubters change their minds; besides browsing articles, you also get images and videos related to your searches. Perplexity is available as a web app; the desktop app offers no extra benefits, so I recommend using it in your browser from a computer. Alternatively, you can get the app on iOS and Android…”