NPU-Optimized Versions Of DeepSeek’s R1 Model Will Now Be Running On Copilot+ Windows 11 PCs, With The More Advanced Variants Arriving Later

OSTN Staff

Microsoft will allow the NPU-optimized version of DeepSeek R1 to run on Windows 11 computers

DeepSeek’s R1 might be at the center of an investigation initiated by Microsoft as to whether or not the AI model was trained on OpenAI’s data outputs, but that has not stopped the software giant from bringing an NPU–optimized-version of the model to its Copilot+ PCs. The company made an announcement a short while ago, stating that the first release will be DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B and will be available via the Microsoft AI Toolkit for developers. The Washington-based firm intends to bring more advanced models down the road, but for now, it is taking small steps. Microsoft has provided some easy steps […]

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