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510 Perplexity Announces 'Computer,' an AI Agent That Assigns Work To Other AI Agents

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 02/27/2026 19:02 EDT

Perplexity Announces 'Computer,' an AI Agent That Assigns Work To Other AI Agents

joshuark shares a report from Ars Technica: Perplexity has introduced "Computer," a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models. The company claims that Computer, currently available to Perplexity Max subscribers, is "a system that creates and executes entire workflows" and "capable of running for hours or even months."

The idea is that the user describes a specific outcome -- something like "plan and execute a loc

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