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Perplexity Launches Personal Computer, an Always-On AI Agent for Mac

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Perplexity launched Personal Computer, an always-on AI agent running on a dedicated Mac mini with local access to your files, apps, and sessions through Perplexity's cloud infrastructure. It operates continuously and is controllable from any device โ€” unlike cloud-only agents that lack direct local access.

This pairs with Perplexity Computer for a complementary lineup โ€” cloud-based research and browsing goes to Perplexity Computer, locally-grounded execution goes to Personal Computer. Every sensitive action requires your approval, every action is logged, and a kill switch lets you stop execution at any point. Launches on Mac first.

If you want an AI that operates on your actual files and apps โ€” not just web-connected tools โ€” Personal Computer offers a setup where your Mac mini becomes the agent's persistent runtime, with access to local context that cloud-only agents can't reach.

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Announcing Personal Computer. Personal Computer is an always on, local merge with Perplexity Computer that works for you 24/7. It's personal, secure, and works across your files, apps, and sessions through a continuously running Mac mini. https://t.co/EpvilVX6XZ

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