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How to Use Perplexity AI: The Underrated Search AI

Kevin Stratvert via YouTube

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This 13-minute tutorial walks you through using Perplexity AI as a powerful alternative to Google Search in 2025. Learn how to ask questions and receive instant, credible answers without sorting through multiple search results. Compare Perplexity AI with Google Search and Google's AI Overview using various query examples from basic concepts to real-time news searches. Explore Perplexity's specialized capabilities for academic and social searches, whether researching screen time effects or finding personalized restaurant recommendations. Discover how to optimize your experience by creating an account, customizing preferences for direct answers, and utilizing Perplexity Spaces for tailored responses. Master advanced features like PDF uploads, searching within documents, and selecting different AI models with Perplexity Pro. The tutorial also compares Perplexity AI with ChatGPT Search, highlighting when each tool excels. By the end, you'll confidently navigate Perplexity AI to find information quickly and efficiently. Hosted by David DeWinter from Kevin Stratvert's channel, the video includes timestamps for easy navigation through topics like UI basics, academic research, social research, settings customization, and more.

Syllabus

00:00 - Perplexity: Google Search 2.0?
00:34 - Learning the Perplexity UI
01:27 - Your First Prompt
02:15 - Perplexity vs. Google
03:42 - Academic Research
04:56 - Remove Sources
05:26 - Social Reddit Research
06:22 - Share Responses
07:12 - Key Settings: Dark Mode, Privacy
07:30 - Custom Instructions
08:09 - Perplexity Spaces
09:39 - Pro Search
10:15 - Change the AI Model
11:00 - Perplexity vs ChatGPT
12:31 - Wrap-up

Taught by

Kevin Stratvert

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    Easy to understand and to use, even for beginners. Want to learn more. I think it is appropriate for my academic writing, that needs very much of high degree of accuracy.

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