Intel envisions AI agents handling PC tasks locally to keep private data secure

Intel chief executive officer Tan Lip-Bu was speaking at Computex, Asia's largest tech trade show on June 2. Read more at ...

Wowed by computer-use AI agents? Research says they’re “digital disasters” even for routine tasks

New research from UC Riverside found computer-use AI agents often push ahead with unsafe or irrational tasks, raising questions about whether today’s desktop agents are ready for sensitive everyday ...
VentureBeat

Perplexity takes its ‘Computer’ AI agent into the enterprise, taking aim at Microsoft and Salesforce

Perplexity, the AI-powered search company valued at $20 billion, announced on Wednesday at its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference that its multi-model AI agent, Computer, is now available to ...
VentureBeat

Perplexity launches 'Computer' AI agent that coordinates 19 models, priced at $200 a month

Perplexity, the AI-powered search company valued at $20 billion, on Wednesday launched what it calls the most ambitious product in its three-year history: a multi-model agent orchestration platform ...
Ars Technica

Perplexity’s “Personal Computer” brings its AI agents to the, uh, Personal Computer

Last month Perplexity announced the confusingly named “Computer,” its cloud-based agent tool for completing tasks using a harness that makes use of multiple different AI models. This week, the company ...
The Verge

Microsoft lets Copilot Studio use a computer on its own

Microsoft has its own ‘computer use’ feature for AI agents to automatically use websites and apps. Microsoft has its own ‘computer use’ feature for AI agents to automatically use websites and apps. is ...
SiliconANGLE

Anthropic’s Claude gets computer use capabilities in preview

Anthropic PBC wants users to give Claude the keys to their computer, announcing new “computer use” functionality for its artificial intelligence assistant so it can now click, scroll and navigate ...