Perplexity Introduces Hybrid AI to Keep Confidential Data Off the Cloud

Summary

Perplexity has launched a new hybrid AI compute system for its agentic platform, Computer, allowing AI agents to split tasks between cloud-based frontier models and local models on Apple silicon Macs. This innovation ensures confidential data remains on the user's device, never reaching the cloud, through a 'Privacy Gate' that scans for personally identifiable information.