Windows 11 Copilot+ AI features like Recall can be enabled without an NPU

Sad you won’t have a shiny new Copilot+ PC to run Microsoft Recall? Tom’s Hardware notes that you won’t need it:

Amidst the controversy around Windows 11’s new (mostly-unwanted) Copilot+ features, a developer on Twitter has taken the discussion a step further by revealing that one of the flagship new features, Recall, doesn’t require the presence of a powerful NPU after all. This makes sense, though, considering Recall’s main functions seem to be automated screen captures and the ability to search through those screen caps’ text — two things that modern hardware has been capable of for a while, now. 

Do you want total Recall? Or will you hit the ‘stop’ button?

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