Now Perplexity is trying to get into the local AI action
That's in contrast to its cloud-based agent platform, Computer.Portable Computer consists of an agent harness, an orchestrator, and local AI models running on an Nvidia DGX Spark workstation, with the ability to tap into cloud inference if the situation demands. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); What's Nvidia DGX Spark doing there? Well, apart from the fact that DGX Spark is a capable bit of AI kit, Nvidia is said to be contemplating a $30 billion investment in Perplexity.
- ▪That's in contrast to its cloud-based agent platform, Computer.Portable Computer consists of an agent harness, an orchestrator, and local AI models running on an Nvidia DGX Spark workstation, with the ability to tap into cloud inference if
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); What's Nvidia DGX Spark doing there?
- ▪Well, apart from the fact that DGX Spark is a capable bit of AI kit, Nvidia is said to be contemplating a $30 billion investment in Perplexity.
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