Perplexity’s personal computer: What is it, what can it do, and what does it cost?

Personal Computer isn't hardware — it's a persistent AI agent that lives on your Mac mini, manages complex tasks, and ...

Perplexity’s “Personal Computer” brings its AI agents to the, uh, Personal Computer

Last month Perplexity announced the confusingly named “Computer,” its cloud-based agent tool for completing tasks using a harness that makes use of multiple different AI models. This week, the company ...
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This Day in History: First computer model introduced

(WDBJ) - On this day, 44 years ago, IBM introduced its first personal computer: the model 5150. The computer cost around $1500. It came with only two programs, one for spreadsheets and another for ...
ExtremeTech

30 years of PCs (slideshow)

On this day, August 12 in 1981, the biggest shake-up in the history of computing took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City: The IBM Personal Computer model 5150 was released. There was ...

Perplexity launches ‘Personal Computer’ AI agent that can automate tasks on Mac

Perplexity AI has unveiled Personal Computer, an AI system designed to run on a Mac and act as a persistent digital agent capable of completing tasks across apps, files and online services.