I told many of my friends and relatives about a new AI research tool called Perplexity. It does not get the press or billionaire coverage of the more famous AIs such as ChatGPT, CoPilot, Boomi, OpenAI, or China’s Deep Seek. However, I have been using it and just got word that a new version is now available. I think I joined the Perplexity “club” so you may not be able to use this new version, but here is the link to see if you can or want to: https://www.perplexity.ai/?model_id=deep_research
I asked a very complicated historical/genealogical question and got the attached response: “Who were the parents of Herman Isaaks op den Graeff, born in 1585?” I have been researching this question for a long time because this man is one of my ancestors. The results I received from Perplexity were surprisingly accurate and complete.
When I was in school, this type of research would take a student months. Kids have it SO LUCKY today.
If you are curious, give it a try. Just ask any question you can think of and wait for it to “think through” the answer.