Programming

The Windows integration will surely be awful for users. Windows 11 seems to be getting continuously messier, more convoluted, less focused, less accessible, less approachable, and less understandable. Adding AI and more online service integration won't make those pain points better. It'll make them worse.

The investments into technology and APIs like DirectML and "native" PyTorch will likely have a positive impact for developers making use of AI models.

Many of the other changes mentioned are unrelated to AI.

I supposed Dev Home is useful for big companies that need the setup, setting and workflow sharing, and the specialized features.

sudo seems like it could be a neat utility and addition. Git in File Explorer too - although it probably won't be useful to me personally. (TortoiseGit is already a great shell/File Explorer integration.)

So Copilot Runtime is... Windows bundling a bunch of models like an OCR model and an image generation model, and then giving your program an API to call them.

These clowns can't make all your settings in one place.

AI infused into every layer of Windows 11

That does not sound like a good thing

I copied the sub-headings from the document, serving as an overview:

• Introducing Windows Copilot Runtime to provide a powerful AI platform for developers
• New experiences built using the Windows Copilot Runtime
• Windows Copilot Library offers a set of APIs helping developers to accelerate local AI development
• Introducing Windows Semantic Index that redefines search on Windows. Vector Embeddings API offers the capability for developers to build their own vector store with their app data
• Windows is the first platform to have a state-of-the-art SLM shipping inbox and Phi Silica is custom built for the NPUs in Copilot+ PCs
• Developers can bring their own models and scale across breadth of Windows hardware powered by DirectML
• PyTorch is now natively supported on Windows with DirectML
• DirectML now supports web apps that can take advantage of silicon to deliver AI experiences powered by WebNN
• High-performance inferencing on Windows with ONNX Runtime and DirectML
• New experiences designed to help every developer become more productive on Windows 11
• Environments in Dev Home help centralize your interactions with all remote environments. Create, manage, launch and configure dev environments in a snap from Dev Home
• Windows Customization in Dev Home allows developers to customize their device to an ideal state with fewest clicks
• New Export feature in Dev Home Machine Configuration allows you to quickly create configuration files to share with your teammates, boosting productivity
• Dev Drive introduces block cloning that will allow developers to perform large file copy operations, instantaneously
• Sudo for Windows allows developers to run elevated commands right in Terminal
• New Source code integration in File Explorer allows tracking commit messages and file status directly in File Explorer
• Continuing to innovate and accelerating development for Windows on Arm
• Continuing investments in WinUI3 and WPF to help developers build rich, modern Windows applications
• WinUI 3 and Windows App SDK now support native Maps control and .NET 8
• Windows 11 theme support makes it easy to modernize the look and feel of your WPF applications
• Extend Windows apps into 3D space
• Building for the future of AI on Windows

We are excited to extend the Microsoft Copilot stack to Windows with Windows Copilot Runtime. We have infused AI into every layer of Windows, including a fundamental transformation of the OS itself to enable developers to accelerate AI development on Windows.

Christ...

Me: Copilot, how do I disable all this crap?

Copilot: lol you can't!

We have infused AI into every layer of Windows

I sure hope not. I don't want Windows to just decide to delete my hard drive because it feels like it.

We are introducing Windows Semantic Index, a new OS capability which redefines search on Windows and powers new experiences like Recall.

You could also improve Windows search by contracting with voidtools and integrating Everything. While you're at it, maybe ditch the bing searches, and other useless search results?

Anyway, the rest of the article seems to go into actual dev-oriented details, and there's some interesting bits like enabling certain AI acceleration features on the web (probably only in Edge though...), for what that's worth.

no-code effort

And we know that the no-code fad was very successful in the past.

With an infinite supply of shitty projects created by “devs” who can’t code, I’ll have a guaranteed job for ever. Thanks AI!

They are going to make windows usable so the AI can actually use it, not because humans had issues for years.
Rofl.