Microsoft has quietly pushed KB5068002, a targeted Windows Update that refreshes the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider to version 1.8.25.0 for eligible Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2, delivering a compact—but consequential—component update for on‑device AI acceleration.
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Microsoft has quietly pushed KB5067994, an AI component update that advances the Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider used by ONNX Runtime to version 1.8.13.0 for Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2 — a targeted, per‑silicon runtime refresh delivered automatically through Windows Update...
Microsoft’s claim that a “tiny” chip will make Windows noticeably smarter is no longer vaporware: the company has formally tied the next wave of Windows intelligence to dedicated neural processing hardware — Neural Processing Units (NPUs) — and a new device tier called Copilot+ PCs, which must...
Microsoft’s next push to make Windows “more intelligent” isn’t a UI tweak or a single app update — it’s a hardware-and-software architecture upgrade built around Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and a new device class called Copilot+ PCs that offloads AI inference to dedicated silicon, enabling...
Microsoft’s 2025 Windows 11 feature update — version 25H2 — arrives as a careful, operationally minded release rather than a headline-grabbing rework: it’s an enablement package that flips on features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream, removes a few long‑deprecated tools, and resets...
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Microsoft has moved the core Windows engineering teams back under one roof, a structural shift that reunites platform, client, security, and data engineering and places far more product-and-platform authority with Pavan Davuluri as Microsoft accelerates AI-first changes across Windows...
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Microsoft has published KB5067463, an Image Processing AI component refresh that advances the AMD-targeted Image Processing package to version 1.2509.1022.0 for Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2 — an incremental, vendor-specific update delivered automatically through Windows Update...
Microsoft has pushed a targeted Phi Silica component update for Intel‑powered Copilot+ PCs — raising the on‑device Phi Silica model to version 1.2509.1022.0 and distributing the package automatically through Windows Update to devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 that already have the latest...
Microsoft has quietly shipped KB5067461, an Image Processing AI component refresh that advances the Qualcomm-targeted build to Image Processing version 1.2509.1022.0 and is being delivered automatically to qualifying Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2. The public KB entry is short and...
Microsoft has issued KB5067462, a targeted Image Processing AI component update that advances the Intel-specific imaging stack on Copilot+ PCs to Image Processing version 1.2509.1022.0, delivered automatically through Windows Update for devices running Windows 11, version 24H2 that already have...
Microsoft has pushed a targeted Phi Silica component update for Qualcomm‑powered Copilot+ PCs — published as KB5067465 and delivering Phi Silica version 1.2509.1022.0 — a quiet but consequential step in Microsoft’s on‑device AI rollout that affects how local Copilot experiences run on Windows...
Windows 11’s Photos app will now quietly tidy up your digital shoebox — but only for a handful of document-like image types and only on Copilot+ PCs for the moment.
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Microsoft has steadily rebuilt the Photos app from a basic image viewer into an AI-aware productivity surface over the...
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling an AI-powered cleanup of chaotic photo libraries: the Windows 11 Photos app now includes an Auto‑Categorization preview that automatically sorts images into four practical collections — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and Microsoft is...
Microsoft is quietly rolling an AI-driven clean-up for messy photo libraries: the Microsoft Photos app can now automatically sort images into focused collections — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — and that capability is being previewed to Windows Insiders running the...
Windows 11’s push to make AI a first‑class, local capability has finally reached the hardware layer: a new class of laptops—Windows 11 Copilot Plus PCs—is built around dedicated Neural Processing Units (NPUs) and is explicitly designed to deliver on‑device AI experiences that ordinary laptops...
Microsoft is rolling out an AI-driven tidy-up for the Windows 11 Photos app that automatically sorts images into four practical categories—Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes—as a preview to Windows Insiders running the updated Photos build on Copilot+ PCs.
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Microsoft is testing an AI-powered Auto‑Categorization feature in the Windows 11 Microsoft Photos app that scans local photo libraries and automatically groups images into four focused buckets — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Notes — with the preview currently rolling out to...
Microsoft’s Photos app will now sort your messy camera roll for you — but only on select Windows machines and with a handful of important caveats.
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Microsoft announced an AI-powered Auto‑Categorization feature for the Windows 11 Microsoft Photos app in a Windows Insider post by senior...
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Microsoft’s Photos app on Windows 11 is getting a focused AI-driven cleanup: an Auto‑Categorization preview that scans your image library and automatically groups common paperwork and clutter — Screenshots, Receipts, Identity documents, and Handwritten notes — into their own folders, and the...
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