Perplexity’s Personal Computer was introduced last month, but was limited to Perplexity Max subscribers and involved a waitlist
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Perplexity’s Personal Computer, its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents, is now available to all Mac users via its desktop app, the company announced on Thursday.
Key facts
As a reminder, Personal Computer is an expansion on Perplexity’s general-purpose, multi-model digital worker dubbed, confusingly, Perplexity Computer
Perplexity’s Personal Computer was introduced last month, but was limited to Perplexity Max subscribers and involved a waitlist
Personal Computer,” meanwhile, is designed to bring those capabilities to your own device
Designed to run autonomous agents on an always-on device like a Mac Mini, Personal Computer can even be accessed remotely from your iPhone, where you can initiate tasks or approve requests
Summary
As a reminder, Personal Computer is an expansion on Perplexity’s general-purpose, multi-model digital worker dubbed, confusingly, Perplexity Computer. Or, as the company describes Personal Computer, it “takes Computer out of the cloud-only world and onto the device where most of your real work already takes place.” The goal is to capitalize on the growing demand for local AI agents, popularized by OpenClaw, which can perform tasks on users’ behalf. Perplexity’s Personal Computer was introduced last month, but was limited to Perplexity Max subscribers and involved a waitlist. At launch, the software can work with your local files, native Mac apps, and operate on the web.