The Adoption and Usage of AI Agents: Early Evidence from Perplexity

Explore the emerging "year of agentic AI" through the first large-scale field study of Perplexity’s Comet browser, which analyzes millions of user interactions to understand how autonomous agents are reshaping daily workflows,. We discuss key findings revealing that early adoption is driven by educated, knowledge-intensive professionals who primarily use agents for productivity and learning tasks,. Tune in to learn how these "sticky" habits are evolving from simple queries to complex, cognitive actions that bridge the gap between information and execution,.