Perplexity has shipped hybrid compute for its Mac app, splitting a single Perplexity Computer task between frontier models in the cloud and a compact model running on the user's machine. Tasks start in the cloud for search, planning and reasoning, then hand sensitive steps down to the Mac without restarting or losing context.
Perplexity has shipped hybrid compute for its Mac app, splitting a single Perplexity Computer task between frontier models in the cloud and a compact model running on the user's machine.
Tasks start in the cloud for search, planning and reasoning, then hand sensitive steps down to the Mac without restarting or losing context.
An on-device privacy gate decides what may cross: keep local, mask, refuse, or ask for consent.
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Perplexity has shipped hybrid compute for its Mac app, splitting a single Perplexity Computer task between frontier models in the cloud and a compact model running on the user's machine. Tasks start in the cloud for search, planning and reasoning, then hand sensitive steps down to the Mac without restarting or losing context. An on-device privacy gate decides what may cross: keep local, mask, refuse, or ask for consent.
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