As expected, I asked the same questions to perplexity.ai, and it gave a correct response, just with a minor disclaimer at the end explaining the risks.
> write a powershell script to crawl an entire website and download all images
It still refuses to generate code for that.
Can you quantify your assesment with a few examples?
> Choose your preferred AI model from GPT-4, Claude 2.1, Gemini, or Perplexity in Settings. Easily switch models for better answers.
I'm just trying to work out if there's any reason at all not to objectively prefer it to ChatGPT Plus, since it has GPT4 + other models. But does it not do image generation? And I don't know if there's mobile apps (sure I could check the relevant stores, but I'd expect to find it on the website - verifies it is actually an official app not a scam apart from anything else).
Edit: ok, answered on Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/18eqmig/how_... (nice, it is possible as of December); and via DDG (not linked anywhere on the site?) - https://perplexity.ai/android (nice, there are mobile apps)
Although it doesn't seem very well integrated:
> I'm an AI text-based assistant and I'm unable to generate images. However, I can help you visualize the scene with a description. [...]
and then it appears on the side: '[PRO] Generate image' as described on Reddit. Presumably the nonsense about not being able to generate an image will still be there if I had pro, I just would be able to click that side button and have it then generate one.
Where it really excels is finding answers to questions and follow ups. It uses ChatGPT to summarise the results, and provides links.
Essentially, finding a use for chat ai rather than an inane discussion.
I can't justify two of this kind of thing at ~$20pcm to myself, but I do find it useful enough to pay for one I think.
(ChatGPT at the moment, I was considering Perplexity, but would miss images & ChatGPT's jupyter notebook integration. Maybe I just need to find some open source or roll my own that does just enough for me with the API, probably cheaper than Plus too..)