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Responsible AI and trustworthy innovation on Windows

As AI-powered features in Windows 11 unlock new and powerful ways to create and innovate, Windows is raising the bar to deliver a trustworthy experience. With the launch of features like Recall (preview), Click to Do (preview), Improved Windows Search, and several other Copilot+ PC exclusive experiences to general availability today on Copilot+ PCs, Responsible AI practices are deeply woven into Windows features. Responsible AI principles from our Microsoft Responsible AI Standard that guide our work include fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, and fostering transparency […]

Enabling multimodal functionality for Phi Silica

Introduction Expanding on the breakthrough efficiencies of Phi Silica, Microsoft’s state-of-the-art on-device small language model (SLM), this blog shows how we added vision-based multimodal capabilities to it. This additional dimension unlocks new possibilities for local SLMs on Windows, as illustrated by a couple of exciting new experiences for accessibility and productivity which we also dive […]

Copilot+ PCs are the most performant Windows PCs ever built, now with more AI features that empower you every day

Windows has always been the place where computing innovation happens first. This was the case when we introduced Copilot+ PCs last May – the fastest, most intelligent and most secure Windows PCs ever built, and continues today with the general availability (GA) of exclusive AI experiences like Recall (preview), Click To Do (preview) and improved […]

PyTorch Arm native builds now available for Windows

We are excited to announce the availability of Arm native builds of PyTorch for Windows! Until now, developers and researchers had to compile PyTorch locally to support Windows Arm64. With PyTorch 2.7 release, developers can now access Arm native builds of PyTorch for Windows available for Python 3.12. This unlocks the potential to leverage the […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27842 (Canary Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27842 to the Canary Channel. We are also not planning to release SDKs for 27xxx series builds for the time being. Changes and Improvements [General] The improved battery iconography in Windows 11 may disappear for Windows Insiders in the current flights. We’re beginning […]

Contextual logging with console.context()

If you work on a large enough code base involving multiple teams at your organization, you probably have to deal with large amounts of logs when inspecting your webapp. This is an area that we’re interested in improving, and are proposing a new feature, based on the console.context() method, to enable helpful contextual logging in […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3872 (Beta Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3872 (KB5055640) to the Beta Channel for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5562 (Dev Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5562 (KB5055642) to the Dev Channel. Changes in Dev Channel builds and updates are documented in two buckets: new features, improvements, and fixes that are being gradually rolled out for Insiders who have turned on the toggle to get the latest updates as […]

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.5240 (Beta Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22635.5240 (KB5055645) to the Beta Channel for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 23H2. Note: Windows 11, version 24H2 is available as an optional upgrade for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel. Changes in Beta Channel builds and updates are documented in two […]

Text extractor in Snipping Tool begins rolling out to Windows Insiders

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are beginning to roll out an update to Snipping Tool to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11. Snipping Tool (version 11.2503.27.0) Text Extractor In this update, we are adding text extractor in the Snipping Tool capture bar – designed to minimize the number of steps it […]

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