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Perplexity’s Personal Computer Has Big Ambitions

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Mar 13, 2026
They unpack Perplexity’s new always-on personal computer idea and what persistent agents mean for enterprise workflows. They debate automation vs background agents, including newsletter and Mac Mini use cases. Anthropic’s Claude updates and in-chat visualizations get attention. They demo an atomization pipeline for searchable clips and discuss fatigue, approval bottlenecks, and practical robotics for assistive tasks.
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INSIGHT

Anthropic Builds An Internal Institute To Study Its Own Harms

  • Anthropic merged internal safety, red team, and economic research into an internal institute to study model harms.
  • Beth questions whether a company can objectively study harms it created or whether it's convenient PR.
ADVICE

Use Claude's In-Chat Visuals For Faster Understanding

  • Use Claude's new in-chat visualizations and artifacts to get instant diagrams and tables inside conversations.
  • Andy notes the feature mirrors OpenAI's visualizations but appears more broadly available across subscription tiers.
ADVICE

Use Slash BTW To Keep Cloud Code Running While You Chat

  • Use Claude Code's slash BTW to let background cloud code run while you start a separate conversation.
  • Beth and Andy emphasize it prevents blocking interactions and lets you multitask queries without interrupting long runs.
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