Introducing Hybrid Compute on Mac

Perplexity has introduced hybrid compute for its Mac app, combining cloud-based frontier AI with local models that process sensitive files, tools, and client data directly on Apple silicon Macs. A privacy gate uses an on-device classifier to identify sensitive information such as credentials, account numbers, addresses, and government IDs, then can retain, mask, block, or request consent before data is sent to the cloud. The cloud handles web search, planning, and advanced reasoning, while the Mac manages private-document analysis and local actions, allowing workflows in finance, advertising, legal work, healthcare, and other sensitive fields without requiring users to manually separate information. Enterprise administrators can establish organization-wide privacy rules and audit when information leaves a device. The feature is available to Perplexity Pro, Max, and Enterprise subscribers on Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15 or later with at least 24GB of unified memory, launching with Gemma 4 E4B, Qwen3.6 35B-A3B, and a Perplexity local model, with dedicated Mac minis optionally enabling remote access through an iPhone.

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