This is a little note talking about the new AI-powered browser "Comet" from Perplexity.ai. Comet basically smooshes (technical term) together the information processing of Perplexity with the Chromium browser engine and an "agent" assistant that can act on your behalf to achieve various goals. Comet Components There's really a couple parts to this. There's the basic "I'm a browser!" stuff that you know and love. There's a "I'm Perplexity right there in your task bar, hear me roar!" - also familiar territory. Then there's 2 other new pieces, and these are the two that I feel set this system apart. The agent assistant. This is more than just an integrated chatbot, like with what you get with something like a Gemini sidebar. Sure, it does integrated-chatbot-things like answer your questions. But,…