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Mastering Perplexity's "Focus" Feature
🕑 Added 2024-10-07 14:28:50 +0000 UTCPerplexity AI has become an indispensable research tool for many, offering a powerful alternative to traditional search engines like Google. One of its standout features is the Focus function, which allows users to target their searches toward specific domains or types of content. This guide will explore three major ways to utilize this hidden feature to streamline your research and gain more accurate, up-to-date information.
Including:
Using the Focus Feature (Social Focus, Academic Focus, Math Focus)
Going Further (Reasoning Model, Image Uploads, Mobile Homepage)
Additional Tips and Tricks (Strategic Focus Mode Sequencing, Maximizing PDF Uploads, Refining Academic Searches, Optimizing Video Searches, Leveraging Collections with Focus Modes, Cross-Referencing Across Focus Modes, Utilizing Math Focus for Data Visualization)
Perplexity Collections (What are Perplexity Collections?, Key Features and Benefits, Practical Applications, Best Practices for Using Collections)
All Cheat Sheets and Videos: https://bit.ly/4dCojh4
Comments
Casey Meehan
i appreciate the info! i will play with this!
Casey Meehan
cool! i didn’t know that! Perplexity may be becoming the swiss army knife of ai!
Ric Raftis
Claude 3.5 Sonnet & Opus are also available, well in the Pro version. Check under Settings for Perplexity Pro.
Michal Babula
In the past I use GPT4o but now they use GPT4o mini and I switched to Sonnar Large.
Casey Meehan
hey! sorry for the delay here, i didn’t realize you could select the llm in perplexity. i use whatever the default is, i have heard its a mix of openai and modified versions of llama?
Michal Babula
Thanks, great! Which LLM model do you use when you perform searches?
