Microsoft’s plan to make Windows listen, see, and act is an engineering and product pivot of genuine consequence — but the company’s renewed faith in multimodal inputs (voice, vision, pen, touch) and pervasive on-device AI must clear two big hurdles before it can be called a success...
KB5065504 — Phi Silica AI component update (v1.2507.797.0) for Intel-powered systems
Summary
On August 12, 2025 Microsoft published KB5065504, a component update that delivers Phi Silica version 1.2507.797.0 for Intel‑powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2. The update is described...
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Background
Microsoft has been steadily folding AI into Windows for more...