No mês passado, falamos sobre o Hybrid Compute, uma ferramenta do app da Perplexity que permite dividir uma tarefa entre um modelo de ponta baseado na nuvem e um LLM ¹Large language models, ou grandes modelos de linguagem. executado no Mac.

Hoje, a companhia de inteligência artificial anunciou uma outra novidade nessa linha: um modo totalmente local que elimina qualquer dependência do Computer de modelos na nuvem e possibilita sessões de trabalho 100% offline.

Perplexity Computer can now run fully local on your Mac.

Work with your native Mac apps and local files, and run tasks without sending sensitive data to the cloud. The model and the agent both run on your Mac.

Available now in the Perplexity Mac app. pic.twitter.com/tnvCgCXD7v

— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) October 20, 2026

Quando ativado, esse modo processa localmente, no seu computador, tanto o modelo de IA quanto o agente, o que inclui tarefas como planejamento, raciocínio e processamento de arquivos (que só são enviados para a nuvem com a devida permissão, caso o usuário opte por isso).

Caso o usuário conceda os acessos necessários, o Perplexity Computer pode trabalhar com arquivos locais e apps suportados no Mac, como o Notas (Notes), o Mensagens (Messages), o Mail e o Numbers.

Segundo a Perplexity, esse novo modo está disponível para assinantes dos planos Pro, Max e Enterprise, os quais podem baixar e configurar os modelos Qwen 3.6 e PPLX Pro. Para isso, porém, é necessário ter um Mac com Apple Silicon e pelo menos 36GB de memória unificada.

via 9to5Mac

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