Microsoft’s latest public remarks about the direction of Windows — voiced by Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft’s VP of Windows and Devices, and echoed by OS-security lead David Weston — sketch a future operating system that is ambient, agentic, and multimodal: one that sees what’s on your screen...
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One week after Microsoft released its short “vision” video for the future of Windows, Pavan Davuluri — the executive directly responsible for Windows product development — laid out, in clear and practical terms, how on-device AI, multimodal inputs, and cloud orchestration will reshape the...
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Microsoft's Windows lead has just sketched the next major evolution of the platform: an ambient, multi‑modal, agentic operating system that sees and hears what you do and partners with you through natural language. In a recent interview, Pavan Davuluri — Microsoft’s head of Windows — described a...
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Microsoft appears to be experimenting with a major rethink of the Windows 11 taskbar — moving it from a passive launcher into an ambient, always-available AI hub that could surface context-aware assistance, multimodal helpers, and even agentic automations with a single click.
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You’ve just powered on a Copilot+ PC and that first blink of the Windows logo feels like a reveal: this isn’t just another laptop—it’s a handset for a new generation of on-device AI, marketed to be faster, smarter, and longer-lived than the machines many of us replaced. Microsoft’s “Copilot+”...
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Across two years of reporting for the Windows Intelligence column I followed a single, sometimes messy, but always consequential story: Windows ceases to be just an operating system and becomes an AI‑first platform—and that shift matters for every user, buyer, and IT pro who touches a PC...
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Microsoft appears to be testing an AI-driven companion that surfaces directly on the Windows 11 Taskbar — a small, persistent entry point for what Microsoft and code trackers are referring to as “agentic companions” — and the traces spotted in preview builds suggest it could proactively suggest...
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This month’s Patch Tuesday isn’t just another round of security fixes — it’s a functional pivot for how Windows 11 helps you recover, control, and interact with your PC. Microsoft’s preview updates introduce Recall export and reset controls (EEA-only export), a system-level Quick Machine...
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Microsoft has published KB5065500, a quiet but important component update that advances the Image Processing AI subsystem to version 1.2507.797.0 for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 — a targeted push that continues Microsoft’s strategy of shipping on-device AI...
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Microsoft has released KB5065499, an Image Processing AI component update that advances the component to version 1.2507.797.0 for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2. The patch is targeted specifically at the on-device imaging AI stack that Windows uses to scale...
KB5065505 is a Microsoft update that delivers Phi Silica AI component version 1.2507.797.0 targeted to AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 (version 24H2).
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Microsoft has pushed a targeted component update for Windows’ on-device image AI: KB5065502 upgrades the Image Transform AI module to version 1.2507.797.0, aimed at Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2, and is delivered automatically via Windows Update.
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Microsoft’s latest on-device AI refresh landed quietly in August: KB5065503 updates the Phi Silica AI component to version 1.2507.797.0 for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs, bringing another round of NPU-targeted optimizations and stability work aimed at improving local Copilot experiences on...
Microsoft has quietly published KB5065501 — an Image Processing AI component update (version 1.2507.797.0) targeted at AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2, and the patch arrives as part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to tune on-device AI capabilities in the Photos, Camera...
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Microsoft has quietly pushed another targeted update to Windows’ on-device AI stack: an Image Processing AI component refresh for Intel‑powered Copilot+ PCs that is reported as version 1.2507.797.0 and referenced under KB5065500 in the notice provided. At a high level the patch continues...
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Microsoft has pushed a targeted component update for Copilot+ Windows 11 devices running on Qualcomm silicon: KB5065499, which updates the Image Processing AI component to version 1.2507.797.0 and is distributed automatically via Windows Update for devices running Windows 11, version 24H2...
Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted component update for on-device image AI: KB5065502 updates the Image Transform AI component to version 1.2507.797.0, delivering refinements to the feature set that powers foreground erasure and AI-generated background fill on Copilot+ Windows 11 devices...
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Microsoft has pushed a quiet but consequential component update to the Image Transform AI module — KB5065502 — which delivers Image Transform version 1.2507.797.0 to Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2, replacing the prior 1.2507.793.0 release and installing automatically through...
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Microsoft has released KB5065504, a Phi Silica AI component update that advances the on-device language model to version 1.2507.797.0 for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11, version 24H2 — the update is delivered automatically through Windows Update, requires the latest cumulative...
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Microsoft has quietly pushed a targeted update for Phi Silica — version 1.2507.797.0 — aimed at Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs, delivering on-device model improvements while replacing the previous July release; the package installs automatically via Windows Update for eligible devices and...
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