Gemini Spark is almost a dream AI assistant — except for 1 thing Perplexity does better

Using Perplexity Computer extensively revealed exactly how limited Gemini Spark is. Gemini Spark is almost a dream AI assistant — except for 1 thing Perplexity does better. We already have AI assistants that can take instructions and execute a series of tasks (not just one at a time) without your supervision — it’s almost like having a human assistant.

In fact, it’s one of the first of its kind to be so easily and widely accessible to end users rather than enterprises. It’s so intuitive that I instinctively gravitate towards Spark whenever I need something done within the Google ecosystem. It’s supposed to work in the background, but I just can’t help marveling at an AI assistant pulling context and information from various sources, verifying it, and executing any given task as if it were a meticulous researcher.

The novelty factor alone makes it so fun to use. Besides Gemini Spark, I’ve also extensively used its direct rival, Perplexity Computer, which has been around for much longer.