Round-up
Aug 26, 2026
Perplexity Portable Computer goes local
Perplexity launched Portable Computer with Nvidia for local-first agent work on DGX Spark, claiming an on-device 27B model and agent harness can reach 85.4% on its knowledge-work evaluation. OpenAI published the first results from its Jalapeño inference chip, saying the architecture improves throughput, latency and intelligence per watt, while also introducing $100 ChatGPT Business Premium seats.