After a slow roll-out Perplexity’s Personal Computer feature is more widely available to let users make a persistent agent that can access files, apps, and tasks across a user’s Mac.
An example of Perplexity Personal Computer from its video
An example of Perplexity Personal Computer from its video
The release expands beyond an earlier limited preview and reaches Perplexity Max subscribers and waitlisted users through the company’s Mac app. Personal Computer connects to local folders, native macOS apps, and the browser, giving the AI the ability to read, write, and act on data stored on the machine.
Perplexity is moving beyond the typical chatbot model by running in the background and carrying out multi-step tasks.