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AI Use Cases: real ways people use AI, with prompts you can copy

121 short, real examples from X, Hacker News and the press, each with a ready-to-paste prompt and, where we have one, a link to our full guide.

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Get up to speed on an unfamiliar product with Perplexity before you buy

A MakeUseOf writer who knew little about coffee machines asked Perplexity to explain the different types, then to list the best drip machines on Amazon, and to pull together pros and cons from reviews across the web, before checking verified buyer reviews himself.

Source: MakeUseOf

Find the food locals actually eat with Perplexity

His mum had spent weeks fighting with generic tourist guides for a Curaçao trip, so one traveller spent five minutes with Perplexity and got an itinerary with food tips drawn from locals' posts on Reddit. She was delighted.

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Plan a group holiday for grandparents and children with Perplexity

One traveller used Perplexity Labs to plan a full itinerary for a party of six, including older relatives and children, for a summer trip. All that was left for her was turning up to the spa on time.

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Source: X @lilyproJP

Sanity-check Black Friday deals with Perplexity

Which? asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity for the best Black Friday air fryer deals. Only Perplexity found the experts' top pick and a working discount code, but it misquoted the deal price, so Which? suggests AI as a starting point, not the final word.

Source: Which?

Research a new fridge or vacuum with Perplexity

One shopper won't buy a fridge, oven or vacuum without asking Perplexity first, because it scans dozens of reviews and sums them up in seconds. He warns it sometimes makes up sources, so important details need checking.