Perplexity AI: Local Agent "Portable Computer" with NVIDIA

Perplexity is launching a new local AI agent called Portable Computer. This new tool runs tasks directly on your own hardware. Portable Computer is designed to summarize documents, extract information, and perform analyses. It aims to handle data you prefer not to put on the cloud. What's interesting is it will use models like Qwen 3.8 27B, and soon, NVIDIA's Nemotron 3.5 Lightning. If a task is too complex, it will ask if you want to use a larger cloud-based model. The biggest advantage is convenience. While you need specific hardware, like an NVIDIA GPU with at least 32GB of VRAM, running tasks locally means you don't consume credits or tokens. This could save you money in the long run.