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25 August 2026

Perplexity splits AI tasks between cloud and local computer to protect sensitive data

First reported

VentureBeat and ZDNET ran this on , a day before the other 4 sources picked it up.

  • Perplexity, a chatbot and AI agent platform, released Hybrid Compute, which routes sensitive information to a smaller AI model running on your Mac instead of sending it to the cloud.
  • A lawyer could use it to compare a confidential case against case law without uploading their client's files to Perplexity's servers, keeping that information entirely on their machine.

Reported by VentureBeat, Engadget