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Perplexity launches privacy-minded 'hybrid compute' AI feature for Mac

The feature starts tasks in the cloud and shifts sensitive steps to a local model, with an on-device classifier masking personal data.

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Aside from being featured by Apple in the M6 Mac mini launch, Perplexity has been relatively quiet on the Mac front this summer. That changes today with hybrid compute for Mac. more…

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Perplexity presented Hybrid Compute, a function that divides the tasks of its AI agents between advanced cloud models and local models operating on the Mac. The tool seeks to protect sensitive information, reduce inference costs and give the user greater control over the balance between power, privacy and price.

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Engadget broke the news in Fishers, United States on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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