If you have an account with Comcast Xfinity, you also have an annual subscription to the Perplexity Pro artificial intelligence answering engine. Perplexity announced the special offer ai/post/C_RQtRxy9e1″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Threads;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>RagsPerplexity Pro differentiates itself from the company’s free option by allowing unlimited quick responses from a selection of ai models, including GPT-4o, Claude-3, and Sonar Large. Engadget hasn’t evaluated the service, but if you’re already paying for Xfinity, the free option seems like a good price so you can decide for yourself if it’s worth it.
All you have to do to get your free year of Perplexity is log in to your Xfinity Rewards Account and get a promotional code. You will enter your code in ai/join/p/xfinity” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:Perplexity’s website;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>The Perplexity Website and you can start using ai to explore life's most baffling mysteries like “Who was that guy who played that weird guy in Office space?” (For the record, that was Stephen Root and his character was Milton.)
A subscription to Perplexity Pro normally costs $20, but if you take advantage of the Comcast Xfinity benefit, you’ll get a whole year for free. Still, you might want to take Perplexity’s responses with a grain of salt. Media company Condé Nast has accused the company of plagiarism, and online retail giant amazon, which hosts some of Perplexity’s infrastructure, has investigated whether the ai company’s actions are within its terms of service. So this isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of Perplexity Pro — but then again, it’s free, so you could do worse. Much worse.
Update, August 30, 4pm ET: An earlier version of this article used inaccurate wording suggesting that amazon, and not just Condé Nast, had accused Perplexity of plagiarism. The article has been updated to correctly state that amazon separately investigated the claims made by Cablingone of Condé Nast's publications, and has not made any allegations of wrongdoing. We regret the error.
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