#personal-computer

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 has introduced Personal Computer, an always-on local agent system that runs through a continuously operating Mac mini and exposes files, apps, and sessions to Perplexity Computer and the Comet Assistant. The company is pitching it as a persistent AI operating system with human approval, logging, and a kill switch for sensitive actions.