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Perplexity debuts on-device AI agent 'Portable Computer' with NVIDIA

Perplexity has released Portable Computer, an agentic AI tool that runs entirely on local hardware instead of the cloud, built in partnership with NVIDIA. It relies on compact models like Qwen 3.8 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning to handle complex tasks on-device, and only reaches out to cloud-based models when needed, with user permission. The feature is currently available to Perplexity Pro and Max subscribers running NVIDIA's DGX Spark hardware, with RTX GPU support planned.

Developer runs Qwen 35B model on Raspberry Pi 5 for offline car assistant CarWatch

A hobbyist built CarWatch, a system that puts a Raspberry Pi 5 in a car running a 35-billion-parameter Qwen model locally, no internet or subscription required. It joins chat rooms as an AI agent, sending trip summaries, dashcam clips, and answers sourced from the car's 745-page owner's manual, and also supports hands-free voice queries via on-device speech recognition.

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