local ai models

Microsoft’s KB5096573, published for Qualcomm-powered systems running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivers Phi Silica AI component version 1.2604.515.0 through Windows Update, automatically installing improvements for Microsoft’s on-device small language model after the latest cumulative update is...

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...

Google Chrome users on Windows can block the browser’s automatic download of a roughly 4GB local AI model by setting the GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings enterprise policy to Disallowed, a registry-based control documented for Chromium-derived browsers and surfaced this week after reports of...

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...