Perplexity Makes Hybrid Compute Available on Mac

Perplexity posted that hybrid compute is live in its Mac app. The system runs search, planning, and reasoning in the cloud while sending private files or sensitive information to a local model on the device. Output combines both without uploading the sensitive data. A privacy gate on the Mac detects PII, and users can process that step locally. The company also posted that it is open-sourcing the PII classifier. Founder Aravind Srinivas noted the chance to shift token use to Apple Silicon. The posts link to the product page and a research blog post on the classifier.