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Perplexity’s Personal Computer is a cloud-based AI agent running on Mac mini

9to5Mac Logo Mar 11 2026 - 11:24 am PT

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.

Now the company is taking the concept a step further with an implementation it calls Personal Computer. This version “works with a Mac mini that runs continuously, merging your local applications with Perplexity Computer.”

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‘Reddit for bots’ Moltbook (probably) isn’t being used to plot an AI uprising

9to5Mac Logo Feb 3 2026 - 7:21 am PT
Moltbook (probably) isn't being used to plot an AI uprising | Render of an intimidating-looking robot

Moltbot, a personal AI assistant being run on batches of Mac minis, got a lot of attention when creator Matt Schlicht effectively partnered with his own assistant to develop a social media platform for the bots. Known as Moltbook, it’s been colloquially referred to as Reddit for AI bots.

Schlicht says he didn’t write a single line of the code himself, and it wasn’t long before it was being suggested that Moltbot agents were using the social network to plot an AI uprising …

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