Perplexity has launched Hybrid Compute, allowing users to combine cloud and local AI models while keeping sensitive data on their Mac, and open sourced Lily, a Rust + Metal inference engine for running Qwen3.6-35B-A3B on Apple Silicon that powers the local processing capability.
Liquid AI open-sourced Pipette, a benchmarking suite for on-device AI models, while Perplexity launched Portable Computer for local AI processing. The releases reflect a broader industry shift toward running AI models directly on user hardware rather than cloud servers.
Perplexity has released Portable Computer, a local-first AI agent platform that runs entirely on Nvidia DGX Spark hardware with zero per-token costs for local operations, only accessing the cloud when explicitly needed.
Meta Platforms has emerged as one of Microsoft's biggest AI customers, joining a roster that includes Adobe, ByteDance (TikTok's parent company), and Perplexity. The development highlights how demand for AI technology remains concentrated among major tech companies, even as Meta simultaneously develops its own open-weight AI models.
Israeli security researchers have identified critical vulnerabilities in AI-powered web browsers that could allow attackers to hijack AI agents to spam WhatsApp contacts, make unauthorized purchases, or remotely control victims' computers. The flaws affect browsers from major tech companies including OpenAI's Atlas, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity.
A Manhattan federal judge rejected Perplexity AI's motion to dismiss Reddit's copyright lawsuit, which accuses the AI startup of illegally scraping Reddit's content to train its AI-powered search engine. The ruling allows Reddit's core DMCA claims to move forward.
