#perplexity

Why it matters: search products need factuality and citations, not just fluent answers. Perplexity said its SFT + RL pipeline lets Qwen models match or beat GPT models on factuality at lower cost.

Why it matters: Perplexity is extending its Mac app into Personal Computer, a local agent layer across files, native apps, and the browser. It is rolling out to Max subscribers and waitlist users, with a follow-up describing 24/7 Mac mini operation and 2FA tasks.

Perplexity said on March 31, 2026 that it is launching the Secure Intelligence Institute to study the security, trustworthiness, and practical defense of frontier AI systems. The institute page says the work draws on Perplexity’s experience serving millions of users and thousands of enterprises, is led by Purdue professor Ninghui Li, and already highlights research such as BrowseSafe and a NIST-focused paper on securing AI agents.

OpenAI Developers said on March 30, 2026 that Perplexity has been running voice experiences with the Realtime API in production and published lessons from that work. The post says Perplexity now handles millions of monthly voice sessions and details how the team changed context chunking, standardized audio formats, and tuned turn-taking for noisy real-world environments.

Perplexity said on March 27, 2026 that its APIs now power Samsung's Browsing Assist inside Samsung Browser on Galaxy Android and Windows. Perplexity says the rollout reaches more than 1 billion Samsung devices through a custom endpoint and single-tenant cluster with zero data retention, while Samsung describes a browser assistant that understands page context, manages tabs, searches history, and bridges mobile-to-PC browsing in the US and South Korea.

Perplexity said on March 19, 2026 that Computer can now connect to health apps, wearable devices, lab results, and medical records, enabling personalized tools and a health dashboard. The public Computer materials position the product as an agentic system that can orchestrate work across 19 models and hundreds of services, making the health update a notable expansion into more personal data.

Perplexity introduced Computer for Enterprise on March 12, 2026 as a managed execution layer for enterprise agent workflows. The company says it inherits SOC 2 Type II, SAML SSO, audit logs, and admin controls, while keeping browser activity and code execution inside isolated sandbox environments.

Perplexity said on March 19, 2026 that Perplexity Computer can now connect to health apps, wearables, lab results, and medical records. The company said users can build personalized tools with that data or track everything in a health dashboard.

Perplexity said on March 17, 2026 that it is launching Comet Enterprise for team use. Perplexity's enterprise page says the browser can answer queries, navigate sites, summarize pages, respond to email, send calendar invites, and adds governance features including prompt-injection protection, SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA compliance, CrowdStrike-based controls, MDM deployment, telemetry, and audit logs.

Perplexity said on March 11, 2026 that its new Agent API combines search, tool execution, and multi-model orchestration behind one managed runtime. The launch positions Perplexity less as a single-answer interface and more as infrastructure for production agent workflows.

Perplexity said on March 12, 2026 that Computer is now available to Pro subscribers, widening access beyond its highest tier. The company is pitching 20+ advanced models, prebuilt and custom skills, and hundreds of connectors, while reserving monthly credits and higher spend limits for Max users.

Perplexity said on March 13, 2026 that Perplexity Computer is now available on mobile, starting with iOS inside the Perplexity app. Coming one day after the company opened Computer to Pro subscribers, the update turns the product into a more explicit cross-device agent workflow rather than a desktop-only experience.