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AI News: 24 Things You Need To Know This WeekMatt Wolfe23 Oct 2026
Perplexity's agent can now run fully locally on a Mac, with 36 GB or more of unified memory recommended, instead of only on Perplexity's cloud computers.
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Perplexity Computer (local on Mac)
by Perplexity
Perplexity's agent that can run locally on a Mac as well as on Perplexity's cloud computers.
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Perplexity Computer (local on Mac) at a glance
- What is Perplexity Computer (local on Mac)?
- Perplexity Computer (local on Mac) is an agent from Perplexity. Perplexity's agent that can run locally on a Mac as well as on Perplexity's cloud computers.
- Who makes Perplexity Computer (local on Mac)?
- Perplexity Computer (local on Mac) is made by Perplexity.
- Does Perplexity Computer (local on Mac) work in the EU?
- Unverified. No explicit evidence found. Last verified 14 Nov 2026.
- How much does Perplexity Computer (local on Mac) cost?
- Pricing unknown. No pricing for Perplexity Computer found in the provided material; Perplexity's answer engine is described as free.
- Where was Perplexity Computer (local on Mac) shown?
- In 4 creator videos by Matt Wolfe, Matthew Berman. Most recently by Matt Wolfe on 23 Oct 2026, at 16:43 in “AI News: 24 Things You Need To Know This Week”.
Sources: the vendor's own pages (linked above) and creator videos at the linked timestamps. EU status is information, not legal advice; see how we check.
About
Perplexity Computer is an agent from Perplexity that carries out tasks on a computer on the user's behalf. According to a Matt Wolfe news roundup, the agent can now run fully locally on a Mac rather than only on Perplexity's cloud-hosted computers.
The local mode is reported to work best with 36 GB or more of unified memory, which suggests it depends on local model inference. The material provided here does not describe the supported models, the task types, or the safety controls in detail.
Access is through Perplexity's products. The scraped page text covers only Perplexity's general answer engine, so pricing tiers, plan requirements, supported platforms beyond Mac, and the release date for the local mode are not confirmed here.
Key features
- Runs fully locally on a Mac
- Cloud-hosted computer option remains available
- 36 GB or more unified memory recommended for local use
- Agent that performs tasks on the user's behalf
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AI News: OpenAI Made a Massive Move Against NVIDIAMatt Wolfe28 Aug 2026
A local agent harness that runs small models such as Nemotron and Qwen on the user's machine. It calls cloud services only when needed and with the user's permission. It targets powerful hardware like the DGX Spark.
Perplexity Just Built an AI That Does Everything
A fully hosted AI agent from Perplexity, similar to OpenClaw, with a code execution environment, threaded tasks, hundreds of pre-built connectors, skills, parallel sub-agents, scheduled tasks and a mobile app. The creator rebuilt his OpenClaw workflows (food journal, earnings preview, knowledge base) in it. Billing is a Perplexity plan plus usage credits. It is less controllable than self-hosted OpenClaw.
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AI News: Claude Opus 4.8, Insane Omni Use-Case, and A Dog Translator?Matt Wolfe29 May 2026
Perplexity Computer is now available inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook for complex multi-step tasks, such as drafting negotiation redlines with track changes.
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