Why can’t my $3000 gaming PC run Copilot+ features? Come on, Microsoft!

I just spent $3,000 on a new gaming PC with a high-end AMD CPU and a screaming-fast Nvidia GeForce 5080 GPU. You’d think I’d be able to run the latest AI features in Windows with that, right? And yeah, I’d love AI-powered file search! But my PC can’t have it—no desktop PC can.

Right now, there’s no way to put together a desktop PC that meets Microsoft’s requirements for accessing Copilot+ AI features. You need a qualified NPU for Copilot+, period. (What’s an NPU?) It’s been this way...