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Perplexity AI integrates Grok 4.5 as orchestrator model

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Perplexity AI has announced that Grok 4.5 is now accessible as an orchestrator model for its Computer for Consumer Pro and Max subscribers. In evaluations using the WANDR benchmark, Grok 4.5 outperformed five other orchestrator configurations. Notably, it achieved these results at approximately half the cost of Opus 4.8. AI

IMPACT This integration offers Perplexity users a new, cost-effective option for model orchestration, potentially improving performance for specific tasks.

RANK_REASON This is a product update from a company that uses AI models, not a release from a frontier AI lab.

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Perplexity AI integrates Grok 4.5 as orchestrator model

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  1. X — Perplexity TIER_1 English(EN) · perplexity_ai ·

    Grok 4.5 is now available as an orchestrator model in Computer for Consumer Pro and Max subscribers.

    Grok 4.5 is now available as an orchestrator model in Computer for Consumer Pro and Max subscribers. We evaluated it against five other orchestrator configurations on WANDR. It scored higher than every other configuration at roughly half the cost of Opus 4.8. https://t.co/3WjjiB…

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