Microsoft has refined its approach by easing the hardware prerequisites for Copilot+ PCs, thereby enabling a broader range of Windows 11 devices to handle local AI tasks using compatible GPUs. The most recent update reveals that systems armed with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series or later graphics cards, boasting a minimum of 6GB VRAM, are now capable of supporting the Windows local language model API. Although this development primarily seems advantageous for developers, it also hints at Microsoft's reconsideration of its strategy, which previously tightly linked local AI functionalities to the Copilot+ brand.
