Hybrid Compute: Perplexity builds a gatekeeper between your files and the cloud

Perplexity has introduced Hybrid Compute for its Mac app, a feature that divides AI tasks between cloud-based frontier models and smaller models running directly on a user’s computer. The company says the approach can keep confidential files and personal data on the device while assigning web research and more demanding reasoning tasks to cloud systems. …

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Perplexity launches local AI agent Portable Computer with Nvidia

Perplexity has launched Portable Computer, a version of its AI agent platform that runs on a user’s own Nvidia equipped hardware rather than primarily in the cloud. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the product was developed with Nvidia and is initially available for Linux systems with supported RTX graphics cards and Nvidia’s DGX Spark …

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Perplexity bets the most important AI computer is the one already on your desk

Perplexity AI has unveiled a hybrid inference system that automatically decides, mid-task, whether to process data on a user’s local device or route it to cloud-based AI models. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that CEO Aravind Srinivas demonstrated the technology at Computex 2026 during Intel’s keynote, using confidential deal documents to show the system in …

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CNN sues AI search startup Perplexity for content theft

CNN has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against AI search company Perplexity, accusing it of unlawfully copying and distributing CNN’s journalism. Brian Stelter reports for CNN that this marks the first AI copyright lawsuit filed by a television network. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New …

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Perplexity launches AI agent “Personal Computer” for Mac

Perplexity has launched Personal Computer, a new feature that brings its AI agent software directly to Mac computers. The tool is an expansion of Perplexity Computer, which the company describes as an all-in-one digital worker capable of creating and executing entire workflows. Personal Computer is now rolling out to Perplexity Max subscribers, who pay $200 …

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Perplexity’s revenue surges 50% as it shifts focus to AI agents

Perplexity has recorded a 50 percent revenue jump in a single month, driven by its expansion into AI agents. Cristina Criddle reports for the Financial Times that the company’s estimated annual recurring revenue (ARR) climbed to over $450 million in March, following the launch of a new agent tool and a switch to usage-based pricing. …

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Perplexity launches enterprise AI agent and local computer tool

Perplexity has introduced two new AI agent products at its Ask 2026 developer conference in San Francisco. The announcements signal the company’s move beyond consumer search into enterprise software. The first product, Perplexity Computer, is a cloud-based AI agent that the company now also launched for enterprise customers. It coordinates approximately 20 AI models from …

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Perplexity launches “Computer”, an AI agent that coordinates 19 models

Perplexity has launched “Computer”, an AI agent platform that coordinates 19 different AI models to complete complex tasks. The product is currently available to Perplexity Max subscribers at $200 per month, with plans to expand to Pro and Enterprise users. Computer accepts a high-level objective from a user, breaks it into subtasks, and assigns each …

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Why Google Chrome Isn’t Worried About AI Browsers Taking Over Yet

New AI-powered browsers from OpenAI and Perplexity are not yet ready to replace conventional browsers like Chrome and Safari. Natalie Lung reports for Bloomberg. Testing over a month revealed frequent bugs and failures on seemingly simple tasks. AI browsers such as OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet place chatbots at the center of the browsing experience. …

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