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Applied AI·September 1, 2026·1 min read

Your files stay put: Perplexity’s hybrid AI keeps confidential data off the cloud

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Perplexity’s hybrid compute for Computer—routing sensitive tasks to local open-weight models on Apple silicon—turns privacy into a routing decision, not a separate product. Enterprise teams should be asking every AI vendor how they plan to support on-device or on-prem execution for sensitive workflows.