Perplexity has introduced Perplexity Labs, a new artificial intelligence product designed to transform natural language prompts into comprehensive deliverables, such as spreadsheets, dashboards, and simple web applications. Positioned as a virtual team, Labs performs self-supervised tasks that traditionally would require days of human effort, condensing them into around ten minutes by leveraging deep web browsing, code execution, and creative capabilities such as chart and image generation. This innovation targets diverse sectors: for finance, it creates interactive dashboards for stock market momentum trading; for entertainment, visual storyboards and screenplays; for sales, targeted prospect databases with in-depth company and contact details.
The company distinguishes Labs from its existing ´Deep Research´ function by emphasizing the broader suite of tools available to create project outputs, rather than pure research findings. Early access to Labs is available to Pro subscribers on web, iOS, and Android platforms, with support for Mac and Windows forthcoming. This release reflects Perplexity’s rapid response to business demand for automated, context-aware productivity solutions that complement human teams and optimize multifaceted workflows with minimal manual input.
Artificial intelligence innovation extends beyond private companies to the public sector. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is rolling out ´Elsa,´ a generative tool that enables employees to access internal documents securely, speed up clinical protocol reviews, and streamline scientific evaluation processes. Elsa’s capabilities include document summarization, code generation, and supporting safety assessments, all as part of the FDA’s broader artificial intelligence strategy to enhance government operations and data processing.
Meanwhile, Google Labs has launched ´Stitch,´ a tool that converts user prompts or images into web and mobile interface designs. Stitch outputs front-end code and allows for design export to Figma, offering practical benefits for workplace productivity and creative processes. These advancements highlight the growing landscape of artificial intelligence-driven utilities, supporting tasks from technical analysis in finance to creative design, government administration, and beyond, underlining the sector’s accelerating push toward automation and digital collaboration.
