Perplexity Splits AI Work Between PCs and Servers to Ease Strain

Perplexity AI Inc. is trying to manage the huge demand for artificial intelligence computing power by building a platform that diverts AI work between personal computers and cloud-based servers.

The AI search company developed software that acts like an air-traffic controller for AI tasks, Perplexity Chief Executive Officer Aravind Srinivas announced during the Computex conference in Taipei. The system decides in real time which jobs can run locally on a PC and which parts need to be handled by more powerful cloud servers.

The goal is to reduce the cost of computing needed to run AI-enabled tasks, Srinivas said in ...