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title: "Perplexity Ships Decider for Mac to Run 4B AI Model Locally"
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summary: "Perplexity released Decider for Mac, an application that allows the pplx-decider-flash-v1.2 decision model to run locally on user hardware without a cloud API key. The 4B parameter model processes text and image inputs entirely on-device and returns probability scores based on user queries, enabling on-device inference without an internet connection."
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# Perplexity Ships Decider for Mac to Run 4B AI Model Locally

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**Published:** 2026-10-22T23:24:01.000Z
**Category:** Products
**Topics:** inference

## Summary

Perplexity released Decider for Mac, an application that allows the pplx\-decider\-flash\-v1\.2 decision model to run locally on user hardware without a cloud API key\. The 4B parameter model processes text and image inputs entirely on\-device and returns probability scores based on user queries, enabling on\-device inference without an internet connection\.

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