Microsoft is deploying Windows 11 Build 26217 to evaluators within the Canary channel, presenting a series of minor bug rectifications. Nonetheless, within Build 26217 lies a trail leading to a clandestine domain within the Settings menu, dedicated to overseeing “AI component updates”. Analogous to the administration of Windows security updates, this feature will facilitate the regulation of updates pertaining to AI components.
As discerned by Microsoft observer Phantom on X, the corporation is conducting trials on the covert AI Component updates segment within the Settings interface. Additionally, Xeno, another astute observer, detected references to “AI component updates” within the musupdatehandlers2.dll.mui file; however, these references divulge scant information regarding forthcoming functionalities.
Substantiating these findings, Windows Latest independently corroborated the existence of allusions to the impending settings page, suggesting that it will furnish the capability to monitor updates deployed for AI. The spectrum of AI Components encompasses various facets, potentially encompassing features such as AI Explorer, colloquially recognized as Recall and Snapshots in recent preview iterations.
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The depicted screenshot reveals the placement of the novel AI updates management page beneath the Update History tab within Windows updates. Currently devoid of content, the page remains barren as no “AI components” are undergoing updates at present.
Nevertheless, anticipations arise that this status quo might shift with the advent of Snapdragon X PCs entering the market.
Other references to AI in Windows 11, including AIHost.exe
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Windows 11 Build 26217 and certain preceding iterations now harbor a fresh addition dubbed “AIHost.exe”, speculated to fuel forthcoming AI functionalities like “Screen understanding” and “AIX”.
In this context, AIX denotes “AI Explorer”, empowering Windows to log user activities, rendering them searchable within a timeline-esque interface, thereby enabling users to revisit and restore snapshots of past interactions.
Moreover, various intriguing references have surfaced. Notably, a recent preview build encompasses the inclusion of AIXLib\AIXLib.lib, likely serving as a foundational library for AI Explorer. Additionally, “ContextEngineLib.lib” has emerged, presumed to manage the contextually aware capabilities of AI Explorer, aiding the AI in comprehending on-screen occurrences.
Furthermore, another file, SuggestionsLib\ContextualPillSuggestionProvider.ob, purportedly generates contextual recommendations for AI Explorer, furnishing pertinent actions based on the current screen context.
Curiously, the official blog post for Build 26217 fails to acknowledge these alterations. Instead, it focuses on resolving multiple issues, including a glitch affecting the functionality of the “Enable” button when manually disabling a camera within Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Cameras.