Can the AI on AskAI.free search the web?
Quick answer: Yes — switch to a Perplexity-powered search model and the AI will browse, cite live sources and answer with current information.
The standard chat models — ChatGPT 4o, Claude Sonnet 4, Gemini — answer from their training data. They don't browse the live web, so they can't tell you today's stock price or report on news from the last few weeks.
For real-time information, switch to one of the Perplexity search models in the model picker. They run a live web search, read the results, and produce an answer with inline citations you can click. This is the right tool for:
- News, stock prices, sports scores, weather
- Product reviews and comparisons
- Anything where "recent" matters
- Research where you need verifiable sources
For everything else — writing, brainstorming, coding, analysis — a regular chat model is faster and usually higher quality.
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