Perplexity Computer now runs fully local on Mac — model and agent stay on-device
khademinori · x · 2026-10-21
Perplexity announced that Perplexity Computer can now run fully local on Mac: both the model and the agent execute on-device, working with native Mac apps and local files without sending sensitive data to the cloud. Available now in the Perplexity Mac app. Commentators frame it as a step toward local inference being the future.
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