Vendors push agentic AI PCs with hybrid local-cloud AI

Microsoft, HP and Nvidia are promoting "hybrid intelligence," where PCs handle some AI tasks locally and send harder work to the cloud. J. Gold Associates expects 10–15% of AI workloads on PCs and 40–45% in the cloud within three to four years. Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark costs $2,600 to $6,000.

• 10–15% of AI workloads will run on PCs, 40–45% in the cloud within 3–4 years
• Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark costs $2,600 to $6,000
• MAI Code 1.1 Flash was compressed to 3-bit precision, cutting size by 80%
• HP ZBook Ultra G3a includes Perplexity Portable Computer with access to 19 cloud models