Between Perplexity’s new macOS app and the launch of ChatGPT, searching conversations just got a lot more fun

The AI-powered search game is becoming increasingly popular, with OpenAI adding search capabilities to ChatGPT yesterday and Perplexity launching a macOS desktop app a week ago. Perplexity could be considered a leader in AI-powered search right now, and now Mac users can quickly use Perplexity’s advanced search engine right from their desktop, without having to access it through a web browser to have.

If you’re not familiar with Perplexity, it’s a conversational search engine that launched the same year as ChatGPT. It allows you to ask questions and ask questions in natural language (like how we communicate with each other in real life). As with ChatGPT, there are two tiers for users: a free ‘Standard’ tier that allows you to perform unlimited ‘Quick’ searches, ideal for those looking for quick, basic answers produced by the Standard Perplexity AI Model (plus five free Pro -tier searches per day), and the ‘Pro’ tier which includes both quick searches and 600 Pro searches per day.