Aside from being featured by Apple in the M6 Mac mini launch, Perplexity has been relatively quiet on the Mac front this summer. That changes today with hybrid compute for Mac.
Perplexity first announced work on splitting AI tasks between local and cloud models in June. Today, Hybrid Compute is launching as part of Perplexity’s Mac app.
“Computer now splits a task between cloud models and a local model on your Mac,” the company says.
“Computer starts each task in the cloud. Trigger one from your iPhone, and your Mac accesses your files and runs sensitive steps locally.”
Perplexity’s website explains how the new feature works:
Macs with 8GB and 16GB RAM won’t be able to run hybrid compute, according to Perplexity. 24GB memory is the minimum, and 32GB is recommended as the floor:
MacStories also has coverage of the new Perplexity feature today. You can learn more from Perplexity’s announcement page here.
Hybrid compute is just the latest AI tool from Perplexity that takes advantage of the power of the Mac. In May, the company overhauled its Mac app with a whole new version. Apple specifically cites Perplexity Personal Computer as a productivity use case for the new M6 Mac mini as well.
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