Perplexity launches Portable Computer local agent on NVIDIA DGX Spark

Portable Computer runs the entire agent runtime locally with a post-trained PPLX 27B model, scoring 85.4% on real knowledge work. It beats open-source harnesses Pi and Hermes, with escalation lifting Terminal Bench 2.1 from 59.6% to 73.0% at $0.415 per rollout.
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Parsing runs entirely on-device, so sensitive documents never leave the machine. On...x.com
Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costsventurebeat.com
Perplexity Ships Portable Computer on NVIDIA DGX Spark: Local Harness, OS-Enforced Sandbox, and Zero Per-Token Cost for Local Stepsmarktechpost.com
Perplexity’s Computer agent can now run locally — if you can afford itthenewstack.io
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