Perplexity, a largely forgotten player in the AI space save for its role as Joe Rogan’s personal fact checker, is looking to regain some relevance by asking people to think global, process local. The company announced Tuesday that it is launching Portable Computer, a version of its agentic “Computer” platform that runs entirely locally on your own hardware. Computer was launched by Perplexity back in February to offer users an always-on AI agent that can run autonomously to complete tasks whether you’re at the keyboard or not. Computer took the OpenClaw approach, where the agentic platform runs on a dedicated device like a Mac Mini, but the actual AI processing is still cloud-based. Portable Computer walls off the garden completely, bringing the model on device—meaning it’s running entirely on a user’s hardware. That requires more processing power, which is why Perplexity’s initial release of Portable Computer is limited to Nvidia’s DGX Spark desktop supercomputer and Linux machines with Nvidia RTX GPUs. Part of the appeal of the Mac Mini for AI agents like OpenClaw was the bang for your buck on processing power—a Mac Mini with an M4 chip sets you back about $900. You’re going to n
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No longer limited to the Mac, Perplexity's Personal Computer for Windows AI can complete complex tasks on your PC with little or no input from you. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google Agentic AI is designed to save you…
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No longer limited to the Mac, Perplexity's Personal Computer for Windows AI can complete complex tasks on your PC with little or no input from you. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google Agentic AI is…
Read original at ZDNet →The agentic AI platform is molting again. Earlier this year, I went on record saying that 2026 would be the year of the AI agent. With the seemingly never-ending rollout of agentic AI since then, I feel validated in…
Read original at CNET →A new version of OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent, is available now. OpenClaw 2.0 was released over the weekend, promising a "simpler setup" and a new browser app. On its website, OpenClaw calls it "by far the largest…
Read original at Mashable →Perplexity, a largely forgotten player in the AI space save for its role as Joe Rogan’s personal fact checker, is looking to regain some relevance by asking people to think global, process local. The company announced…
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No longer limited to the Mac, Perplexity's Personal Computer for Windows AI can complete complex tasks on your PC with little or no input from you. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google Agentic AI is designed to save you…
View source →The agentic AI platform is molting again. Earlier this year, I went on record saying that 2026 would be the year of the AI agent. With the seemingly never-ending rollout of agentic AI since then, I feel validat
View source →A new version of OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent, is available now. OpenClaw 2.0 was released over the weekend, promising a "simpler setup" and a new browser app. On its website, OpenClaw calls it "by far the largest update in the…
View source →Perplexity, a largely forgotten player in the AI space save for its role as Joe Rogan’s personal fact checker, is looking to regain some relevance by asking people to think global, process local. The company announced Tuesday that it is…
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