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Microsoft has updated its Windows 11 local AI documentation in June 2026 to let developers run Phi Silica language model APIs on non-Copilot+ PCs with supported Nvidia RTX GPUs, widening on-device text AI beyond machines with dedicated NPUs. The move does not suddenly turn every gaming rig into...

Microsoft has opened experimental Windows AI language-model APIs to Windows 11 PCs with Nvidia GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs or newer and at least 6GB of VRAM, letting some non-Copilot+ PCs run local AI workloads that were previously reserved for NPU-equipped machines. The change is not a...

Microsoft is expanding Windows 11’s local Language Model APIs beyond Copilot+ PCs to non-Copilot+ systems with supported NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-series or newer GPUs and at least 6GB of VRAM, according to updated developer documentation surfaced by Windows Latest on June 11, 2026. That is not the...

Microsoft’s KB5096568 is a May 2026 Windows Update package that installs Phi Silica version 1.2605.856.0 on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2, replacing KB5090935 after the device has the latest cumulative update installed and appears in Update history. That sounds...

Microsoft has released KB5096566, a May 2026 Windows AI component update that installs Phi Silica version 1.2605.856.0 automatically through Windows Update on AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2 with the latest cumulative update already installed. The update is...

Microsoft has published KB5096570, an automatic Windows Update package that installs Phi Silica AI component version 1.2604.515.0 on eligible AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 after the latest cumulative update is already in place. The update is small in wording but large...

Microsoft has published KB5096572, a Windows Update-delivered Phi Silica AI component update to version 1.2604.515.0 for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 with the latest cumulative update installed. The dry phrasing hides a larger shift: Windows AI is becoming a...

Microsoft has released KB5096567, a Phi Silica AI component update to version 1.2605.856.0 for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2, delivering the on-device small language model automatically through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed...

Microsoft has published KB5096568, a Phi Silica AI component update to version 1.2605.856.0 for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2, delivered automatically through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed. The update is easy to miss...

Microsoft’s KB5096575, released as a May 2026 Windows Update package, updates the Phi Silica J32 AI component to version 1.2604.515.0 on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1. That narrow sentence is the whole news item, but it understates the importance of what Microsoft...

Microsoft has released KB5096566, a May 2026 Phi Silica AI component update that brings version 1.2605.856.0 to AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2 through the normal Windows Update pipeline. The update is small in description but large in implication: Microsoft is...

Microsoft’s KB5096573 ships Phi Silica version 1.2604.515.0 through Windows Update for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, updating Microsoft’s on-device small language model used by Windows AI features and developer APIs. The narrow hardware target is the story: this...

Microsoft has published KB5096570, a Phi Silica AI component update for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivering version 1.2604.515.0 through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed on eligible devices. That sounds like a tiny servicing note...

Microsoft has published KB5096137, an automatic Windows Update package that updates the Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider to version 2.2605.2.0 for Windows 11, version 26H1 devices with the latest cumulative update installed. It is a small-sounding component refresh with an outsized strategic...

Microsoft has published KB5096566, a May 2026 Phi Silica AI component update that moves AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs on Windows 11 version 24H2 or 25H2 to version 1.2605.856.0, provided the device already has the latest cumulative update installed. That sounds like a narrow servicing note, and in...

Microsoft has published KB5096579, a May 2026 Image Processing AI component update that moves Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs on Windows 11 version 26H1 to version 1.2604.515.0 and installs automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is present. That sounds like a...

Microsoft published KB5096573 on May 26, 2026, delivering Phi Silica AI component version 1.2604.515.0 through Windows Update for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 with the latest cumulative update installed. The change is small on paper and strategic in practice...

Microsoft has released KB5096567, a May 2026 Phi Silica AI component update that moves Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs on Windows 11 version 24H2 and 25H2 to version 1.2605.856.0 through Windows Update, provided the latest cumulative update is already installed. The terse support note is easy to...

Microsoft has published KB5096570, a May 2026 Phi Silica AI component update that installs version 1.2604.515.0 on AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, provided the device already has the latest cumulative update installed. The update is small in presentation but large in...

Microsoft has published KB5089873, a Phi Silica J32 AI component update version 1.2603.373.0 for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivered automatically through Windows Update after the latest cumulative update is installed. The smallness of the package name...