Perplexity Personal Computer brings always-on desktop AI, local file access, and AI workflow automation to long-running tasks ...

In 2024, as Anthropic suggested at the time, the feature wasn’t really ready for productive use — it was genuinely crazy to watch work but also slow, error-prone, and prone to quickly losing track of ...

Anthropic has launched a “computer use” feature for Claude, allowing the AI agent to control macOS desktops to perform tasks like editing files and navigating browsers. It aims to compete with the ...

Perplexity’s new Mac app brings its Personal Computer AI agent to a much wider audience, expanding access beyond the group of ...

This week, AI agents gained desktop control, while 20% of companies captured 74% of AI's economic gains by redesigning workflows. Apple's 50th anniversary underscored consistent branding, and OpenAI's ...

PCWorld examines new personal AI assistants like Claude Cowork and Perplexity’s Personal Computer that offer advanced desktop automation but pose significant security risks. These tools can manipulate ...

Update: Perplexity said in March it would unleash Personal Computer software to work as an artificial intelligence manager for Mac, and now it’s available. Today we're releasing Personal Computer.

Perplexity, the AI-powered search company valued at $20 billion, announced on Wednesday at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference that its multi-model AI agent, Computer, is now available to ...

Codex Desktop expands from coding into full productivity workflows. Automation can generate images, charts, and workflow outputs. The tool is still aimed at developers despite the broader productivity ...

Anthropic on Monday launched the most ambitious consumer AI agent to date, giving its Claude chatbot the ability to directly control a user's Mac — clicking buttons, opening applications, typing into ...

In 2024, Anthropic tested out a feature called “computer use,” a tool that could “try to manipulate a computer desktop environment,” clicking and scrolling on a user’s behalf. At the time, LLM use was ...