Perplexity turns laptops into mini data centres
Wednesday 3rd June, 2026
Perplexity is introducing hybrid AI in its Personal Computer agent to split tasks between models running locally on users’ devices and larger cloud models, keeping sensitive data on-device and cutting cloud compute; it launches in July and will expand from Mac to Windows. This gives Wise a chance to explain how hybrid AI affects customer data privacy and local processing for financial information, reassuring UK and EU users that innovations keeping financial data on personal devices can align with Wise’s focus on secure, low-cost cross-border transfers.
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Perplexity's hybrid AI that keeps sensitive data local is directly relevant to cross-border money transfer customers’ privacy and security concerns, so Wise could comment on data-handling implications for financial services and customer trust.
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