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Microsoft’s PowerToys has quietly turned the humble clipboard into a programmable AI surface: the Advanced Paste utility in PowerToys v0.96 now lets users choose where AI-powered clipboard transformations run — on local model hosts such as Foundry Local or Ollama, or on a choice of cloud...

Microsoft has quietly repositioned a humble clipboard utility into a practical bridge between local-first AI and cloud models: Advanced Paste in PowerToys now supports multiple cloud providers and on‑device model runtimes, letting users choose where clipboard transformations run — on a remote...

Microsoft’s PowerToys Advanced Paste has taken a decisive step toward local-first AI by adding on-device model support and multi-provider flexibility in the 0.96 update, turning a once-simple clipboard helper into a hybrid AI gateway that gives users faster transforms, reduced cloud costs, and...

Microsoft PowerToys 0.96.0 pushes Advanced Paste from a niche convenience feature into a configurable hybrid AI gateway—adding support for multiple cloud providers and local model hosts—while polishing the Command Palette, extending PowerRename with photo metadata tokens, and addressing a long...