*Perplexity AI has recently launched its Deep Research* feature, designed to provide comprehensive research reports by autonomously conducting in-depth analysis. This tool allows users to generate detailed reports on various topics, significantly enhancing the research capabilities compared to traditional chatbots. Key Features of Perplexity Deep Research: * Performance: Deep Research scored 21.1% on the Humanity's Last Exam benchmark, outperforming competitors like Google's Gemini Thinking (6.2%) and Grok-2 (3.8%) but falling short of OpenAI's own Deep Research tool, which scored 26.6% * Speed: The tool can complete most tasks in under three minutes, making it faster than many alternatives. It performs dozens of searches and reads hundreds of sources to synthesize information into structured reports. * Accessibility: Available for free (with a limit of five queries per day for non-subscribers), it also offers a Pro version for $20/month, allowing up to 500 queries daily.