Perplexity AI announced the rollout of 'Hybrid Compute' for its Mac application, allowing users to process sensitive data locally on their devices while utilizing cloud resources for complex tasks.
The feature aims to enhance user privacy by ensuring that personal documents and queries are not uploaded to external servers unless explicitly authorized by the user.
This integration marks a shift in Perplexity's infrastructure, moving toward a decentralized AI model that combines local hardware acceleration with large-scale cloud processing.