Microsoft has announced that it will make the new DeepSeek AI model available in “NPU optimized” versions that will be more aligned with Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs and compatible with the components they run. It will first roll out a version for Qualcomm Snapdragon X devices, then one for Intel Lunar Lake PCs, and finally a variant for AMD Ryzen AI 9 processors. Additionally, Microsoft will add the DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B model to its Microsoft AI Toolkit for developers, and will...