Perplexity just announced its own AI agent, Personal Computer, that runs on Mac mini and can complete various tasks for you.

Apple’s Mac mini is back in the AI headlines. Last month, Perplexity released its own version of the OpenClaw “personal AI assistant” idea with a feature called Perplexity Computer.

Perplexity is bringing its AI closer to its users, with a new Personal Computer that combines its agentic AI platform with a Mac mini's local applications. This may be too much AI for some people.

OpenAI is trying to win market share from rivals like Anthropic and Cursor as AI coding tools gain in popularity.

Anthropic has introduced a new AI system called Personal Computer that runs on a Mac and works as a persistent agent, automating workflows, managing tasks, and coordinating multiple AI models.