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Local file and app permissions for AI agents

How desktop AI agents obtain, scope, and revoke access to a user's files, native applications, and connected cloud accounts.

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Perplexity's Windows agent summarized the medical PDFs in a reviewer's Downloads folder

Perplexity's Personal Computer feature now runs on Windows 10 and 11 for paying subscribers, and the ZDNet hands-on suggests its output is only as trustworthy as the person who can already check it.

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Local file and app permissions for AI agents — Clarity Today