confused company propose Hybrid computing capabilities allow you to distribute the execution of confidential tasks between cloud models and local AI on users’ computers. This allows complex queries and other complex tasks to be completed in the cloud, while personal files and data are protected and processed locally on the user’s computer.
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This feature is currently available in the Perplexity Mac app. Before starting a task, Perplexity will notify the user if the files or attachments required to complete the task contain any personal information. In this case, he can choose to split the tasks and work on personal files locally while completing the rest of the tasks in the cloud.
Hybrid computing natively supports Gemma 4 E4B, Qwen 3.6, and the Perplexity post-training version of the Qwen 3.6 model. In the cloud, users can use more powerful models such as Claude Opus 5 or GPT 5.6 Sol.
This separation will save costs because users will not incur token costs for data processing performed by local models on their computers.
Hybrid computing is currently available in Perplexity apps on Apple Silicon-based Macs with a Perplexity Pro or Max subscription.
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