Perplexity unveils hybrid AI orchestrator that routes tasks between local and cloud models

Summary

Perplexity has announced a hybrid AI inference system that uses an orchestrator to automatically decide whether to process tasks locally on the user's computer or route them to powerful cloud models. The system aims to balance accuracy, privacy, and energy efficiency. Sensitive data like financial or health documents will be processed locally, while compute-intensive tasks go to the cloud. The hybrid system will be integrated into Perplexity's Always-on agent product "Personal Computer" starting in July.