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Both ChatGPT andBing Chatcan be used for free, but you oughta have an account for the respective platforms.

Perplexity has no such requirement.

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It’s also extremely fast, performing at least as well as ChatGPT in its response time.

But unlike ChatGPT, Perplexity will provide citations for its sources of information, much like Bing Chat does.

It’s pretty basic to use, but that’s fine.

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After all, accessing GPT doesn’t come free.

But eventually that’s bound to change.

It also isn’t clear what the long-term future holds for handling user data.

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