Perplexity Launches Local AI Model That Will Run on Your GPU Instead of the Cloud
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Perplexity’s “Portable Computer” local model is another data point that serious assistants are moving onto user GPUs—privacy, latency, and cost are pulling inference to the edge. If you build around cloud-only models, pressure-test your architecture and pricing against a world where users expect high-quality offline answers.
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