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Perplexity's Personal Computer AI Agent Now Available on Windows
Key points
- Perplexity Personal Computer now supports Windows 10 and 11.
- Requires a paid Perplexity Pro, Max, or Enterprise subscription.
- Accesses local files, native apps, and cloud services (OneDrive, Google Drive).
- Supports voice input for task submission and clarification.
- Hybrid Compute splits AI tasks between cloud-based frontier models and local models.
- Hybrid Compute is available on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15 or later.
- Hybrid Compute requires a minimum of 24GB unified memory, 32GB is recommended.
- Perplexity open-sourced its on-device PII classifier, trained with Secure Intelligence Institute.
- Hybrid Compute can reduce inference costs.
- Hybrid Compute launched on Tuesday.
- Hybrid Compute arrived on the first day of John Ternus’ tenure as Apple’s CEO.
- John Ternus previously led Apple’s hardware engineering organization.
- John Ternus played a key role in Apple’s transition from Intel processors to Apple silicon.
- John Ternus succeeds Tim Cook as CEO after 15 years.
- A Perplexity-trained Privacy Gate runs locally on the Mac.
Perplexity AI Agent Arrives on Windows
Perplexity has released its Personal Computer feature for Windows, extending its agentic AI capabilities to Windows 10 and Windows 11 users. This AI agent is designed to automate complex, multi-step tasks on a computer with minimal user interaction.
Access and Requirements
To use Personal Computer on Windows, users must have a paid Perplexity subscription (Pro, Max, or Enterprise) and install the latest Perplexity app for Windows. The application can be downloaded from the Perplexity Downloads page or the Microsoft Store.
Once installed, the Perplexity app can interact with local files, utilize any native Windows application, and connect to cloud-based services such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, and Dropbox.
Interaction and Setup
Users can submit tasks to the AI by typing or speaking their requests. The voice mode allows for conversational interaction to clarify tasks before execution. Initial setup involves enabling local file access and optionally adding connectors for third-party cloud services through the app's customization options.
When submitting a task, users select the 'Computer' button and can choose from various AI models, with a default option recommended for most tasks.
Updates
- Hybrid Compute launched on Tuesday.
- Hybrid Compute arrived on the first day of John Ternus’ tenure as Apple’s CEO.
- John Ternus previously led Apple’s hardware engineering organization.
- John Ternus played a key role in Apple’s transition from Intel processors to Apple silicon.
- John Ternus succeeds Tim Cook as CEO after 15 years.
- A Perplexity-trained Privacy Gate runs locally on the Mac.
- Hybrid Compute splits AI tasks between cloud-based frontier models and local models.
- Hybrid Compute is available on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15 or later.
- Hybrid Compute requires a minimum of 24GB unified memory, 32GB is recommended.
- Perplexity open-sourced its on-device PII classifier, trained with Secure Intelligence Institute.
- Hybrid Compute can reduce inference costs.
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How outlets covered it
Perplexity introduced Hybrid Compute, a new feature for its AI agents that allows tasks to be split between cloud-based models and smaller models running directly on Apple silicon Macs. This enables sensitive information processing to occur locally on the device, enhancing privacy and potentially reducing inference costs for users. The feature leverages Apple's hardware capabilities for AI processing.
Perplexity has released its Hybrid Compute feature for its Mac app, which splits AI tasks between local and cloud models to enhance privacy by processing sensitive data on-device. This development allows users to utilize AI capabilities while keeping personally identifiable information (PII) local, addressing data privacy concerns for AI applications.
Perplexity introduced a hybrid compute feature for its AI agent platform, Computer, which allows AI tasks to be split between cloud-based frontier models and local models on Apple silicon Macs. This system routes confidential data to the local machine, ensuring it does not leave the device, which addresses data privacy concerns for enterprise users and subscribers.
Perplexity has launched Hybrid Compute, a new feature for its Mac app that allows users to divide AI tasks between cloud-based frontier models and local large language models. This development enables sensitive data to be processed locally for privacy and security, while also offering potential cost savings on inference.
Perplexity has expanded its Personal Computer feature, an agentic AI designed for multi-step tasks, to Windows 10 and 11. This feature, previously Mac-exclusive, allows the AI to access local files, native applications, and cloud services like OneDrive and Google Drive, requiring a paid Perplexity subscription.