Posted Aug 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM UTCEExternal LinkPerplexity’s new Portable Computer runs “entirely on device.”Unlike the computer-controlling AI tool Perplexity launched earlier this year, the Portable Computer feature runs AI models fully locally and will ask for permission if it needs to access the cloud “for more advanced research and reasoning.” It will be available on Nvidia’s DGX Spark first, before rolling out to PCs with compatible Nvidia RTX GPUs.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Emma Roth
Perplexity’s new Portable Computer runs “entirely on device.”
Unlike the computer-controlling AI tool Perplexity launched earlier this year, the Portable Computer feature runs AI models fully locally and will ask for permission if it needs to access the cloud “for more advanced research and reasoning.” It will be available on Nvidia’s DGX Spark first, before rolling out to PCs with compatible Nvidia RTX GPUs. [Link: Introducing Portable Computer for local-first AI | https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/introducing-portable-computer-for-local-first-ai | Perplexity]
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