Perplexity 'Personal Computer' Goes Live: Here's How it Controls Your Mac to Execute Tasks

Perplexity AI has introduced its 'Personal Computer', an AI agent that lets a Mac perform tasks across applications, files, and browser sessions with minimal user intervention. It runs through the Perplexity Mac app and connects the device to external processing systems, enabling coordinated task execution.

The setup typically operates on a continuously active Mac, such as a Mac mini, and remains available in the background, ready to process assigned work without repeated input.