Microsoft PowerToys Advanced Paste Now Supports On-Device AI Processing
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Summary
Microsoft has updated its PowerToys Advanced Paste tool for Windows 11 to support on-device AI processing. The 0.96 update allows users to route AI requests through Microsoft's Foundry Local tool or open-source Ollama, both running on the device's neural processing unit (NPU) instead of cloud services. This enables AI-powered clipboard functions like translation and summarization without purchasing API credits while keeping data local on the device.
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With the 0.96 update, you can route requests through Microsoft's Foundry Local tool or the open-source Ollama, both of which run AI models on your device's neural processing unit (NPU) instead of connecting to the cloud.
That means you won't need to purchase API credits to perform certain actions, like having AI translate or summarize the text copied to your clipboard.
Plus, you can keep your data on your device.
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