Article Summary
Perplexity AI launched a new macOS native app, significantly enhancing its capabilities on Mac by integrating with Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP).
- The app leverages MCP to access and understand local system context, including files, folders, and running applications.
- This integration allows Perplexity to perform system-level tasks like summarizing local documents, analyzing images, and interacting with browser content.
- Users can grant specific permissions for file and application access, ensuring privacy and control.
- The MCP integration represents a major step towards making AI assistants more powerful and context-aware on desktop environments.