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Perplexity launched Hybrid Compute on the Mac, enabling AI agents to split tasks between cloud models and on-device models for privacy-aware processing

Feature update Provisional 87% confidence first seen

Perplexity released Hybrid Compute for its Mac app, allowing its AI agents to orchestrate parts of a single task in the cloud while running sensitive steps on-device. The feature is gated by an on-device PII classifier and requires Apple silicon Macs with at least 32GB unified memory and macOS 15+.

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Your Mac is now part of Perplexity’s AI infrastructure The New Stack Perplexity Releases Hybrid Compute on Mac: Cloud Agents Orchestrate Down to a Local Model, Gated On Device MarkTechPost

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