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Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute for Mac app, mixing cloud and local LLMs

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Perplexity has launched Hybrid Compute for its Mac app, available to all users, which splits workloads between frontier cloud models such as Opus 5 and local LLMs. The feature aims to leverage local processing, potentially reducing costs.

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    Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute, which splits workloads between frontier cloud models like Opus 5 and local LLMs, for all users of its Mac app (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

    Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute, which splits workloads between frontier cloud models like Opus 5 and local LLMs, for all users of its Mac app — And local processing could keep costs down too. — Back in February, debuted Perplexity Computer. Like Claude Cowork …