Second this, Assistant is a game-changer for me. Its the usefulness of AI with footnotes that give me confidence that I can know where that came from and if I trust it. Especially for product reviews, being able to use lenses that filter out sites I don't trust and then run AI on top of it is pretty cool.
>Its the usefulness of AI with footnotes that give me confidence that I can know where that came from and if I trust it.
I have been using http://www.Perplexity.AI since January 2023 for this exact reason. Unfortunately, since that incredible first UI (of yesteryear) it has been downgraded extensively (including no longer displaying footnotes, just adding numerals to the ends of factual sentences with tooltips).
The greatest thing about Perplexity is still that you do not have to log in (although it will bug you, particularly after lengthier or insightful conversations). Once a search/hybrid/chatGPT (how I've used it for almost yearS now) requires a log-in, it will immediately not be able to compete well with open-facing search engines like Google.
I have this same hesitation about using a pay search engine like Kagi, but am definitely intrigued by some of the other commenters' descriptions of the AI Assistant part of their service offering.
