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With Perplexity's Push for Hybrid AI, Your Laptop Could Function as a Data Center
Key takeaways
- Perplexity, an AI-powered search and answer engine, has a new way to turn personal devices into decentralized data centers.
- The company said Tuesday that it's adding a new hybrid local-server system to Personal Computer, its AI agent that can work across files, apps and the web.
- A smaller model running locally could handle sensitive data and routine work locally, such as financial records, health information and personal files.
Perplexity, an AI-powered search and answer engine, has a new way to turn personal devices into decentralized data centers.
The company said Tuesday that it's adding a new hybrid local-server system to Personal Computer, its AI agent that can work across files, apps and the web. Starting in July, the system will automatically decide which parts of a task should run directly on a user's device and which should be sent to more powerful AI models in the cloud.
A smaller model running locally could handle sensitive data and routine work locally, such as financial records, health information and personal files. More complicated work that requires the capabilities of a larger AI model could still be sent to a server.
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