Microsoft tests Windows AI features on RTX GPUs, not just NPUs (opens in new tab)

An under-the-hood change in Windows seems to signal the further deterioration of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branding, which, at least historically, depended solely on NPUs as the engine of local PC AI. Now, PCs with dedicated GPUs will have access to those features. An now allows certain AI-specific features to run on Nvidia RTX GPUs, rather than solely depending on an integrated NPU. The Windows App SDK 2.2 governs features like text summarization, text rewriting and editing, code generation, and ...