Perplexity opens up access to its AI assistant Personal Computer to all Mac users
Perplexity has announced that Personal Computer — its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents — is now available to all Mac users via a desktop app.
Perplexity has announced that Personal Computer — its answer to OpenClaw and other local AI agents — is now available to all Mac users via a desktop app.
Recall that the Personal Computer is an extension of the Perplexity universal multi-model digital worker, which (somewhat confusingly) is called the Perplexity Computer . The Personal Computer, in turn, is designed to bring these capabilities directly to the device. This is done by giving AI agents access to local files, programs, and connectors, as well as the Internet, to execute personalized multi-step workflows for a particular user.
Or, as the company itself describes Personal Computer: it “takes technology beyond the purely cloud world and brings it to the device where most of your real work usually happens.”
Personal Computer was unveiled last month, but was only available to Perplexity Max subscribers through a waiting list. Today, the company says any Mac user can try out the software as part of the new Perplexity app for Mac. (Anyone can download the app, but Personal Computer requires a Pro or Max subscription to work, TechCrunch reports .)
At launch, the program can work with local files, native Mac apps, and the web. It can also coordinate between tools and files, use over 400 connectors, and take your personal context into account — all within a secure development environment on Perplexity servers.
Combined with Perplexity’s Comet AI browser, the system can manage web tools without the need for direct connectivity via connectors.”
Personal Computer is designed to run standalone agents on devices that are always on (like a Mac Mini). You can even access it remotely from your iPhone to run tasks or approve requests right from your smartphone.
Perplexity suggests that this could be used for anything from spreadsheets and documents to projects with a lot of different materials. Because the tool is able to work across applications, agents could, for example, compare two files from different programs or collect notes from one application to create a draft in another.
In conjunction with the general release, Perplexity says that support for the old Mac app will be discontinued in the coming weeks so that the team can focus on developing the Personal Computer app.
The new Mac app is currently only available as a direct download; it is not available in the Mac App Store.
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