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  "id": 4884745,
  "title": "Perplexity launches Hybrid Compute, which splits workloads between frontier cloud models like Opus 5 and local LLMs, for all users of its Mac app (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/perplexity-launches-hybrid-compute-which-splits-workloads-between",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2248548/perplexitys-hybrid-compute-splits-sensitive-tasks-between-cloud-and-local-ai/"
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  "summary": "And local processing could keep costs down too. — Back in February, debuted Perplexity Computer. Like Claude Cowork …",
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      {
        "outlet": "VentureBeat",
        "title": "Your files stay put: Perplexity’s hybrid AI keeps confidential data off the cloud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/your-files-stay-put-perplexitys-hybrid-ai-keeps-confidential-data-off",
        "published": "2026-09-01T15:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Perplexity launches privacy-minded ‘hybrid compute’ AI feature for Mac",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/perplexity-launches-privacy-minded-hybrid-compute-ai-feature-for-mac",
        "published": "2026-09-01T15:20:50.000Z"
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