DeepSeek, Microsoft and AI

Microsoft ports DeepSeek’s AI to Copilot+ PCs, and their NPUs
Microsoft has taken the hot new AI model, DeepSeek, and made it available for Copilot+ PCs — and on the NPU, no less. If it seems like every other week something important is happening in the AI space — well,
Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub
Microsoft has moved surprisingly quickly to bring R1 to its Azure customers.
Microsoft rolls out DeepSeek's AI model on Azure platform
Microsoft MSFT.O has made Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 artificial intelligence model available on its Azure cloud computing platform and GitHub tool for developers, the U.S. company said on Wednesday. The AI model will be available in the model catalog on the platforms and will join more than 1,800 models that Microsoft is offering.
Microsoft integrates DeepSeek’s R1 AI model into Azure
The integration is expected to enhance Azure's portfolio of AI models, which now boasts more than 1,800 options for developers and businesses.
Microsoft Snapdragon X Copilot+ PCs get local DeepSeek-R1 support — Intel, AMD in the works
Microsoft makes DeepSeek locally available on Copilot+ PCs. Model to arrive first on Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors — Intel and AMD chips to follow.
Microsoft just announced that it's bringing DeepSeek R1 models to Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has announced that it is bringing distilled DeepSeek R1 to Copilot+ PCs, with the NPU-optimized AI model coming to Snapdragon X PCs first.

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Inside Microsoft’s quick embrace of DeepSeek
Distilled R1 models can now run locally on Copilot Plus PCs, starting with Qualcomm Snapdragon X first and Intel chips later.
I replaced CoPilot AI with DeepSeek and it's great, if not overhyped
Fed up with CoPilot's chatty style, I wanted to see if the new DeepSeek R1 AI would be a better assistant, here's what I ...
Why did DeepSeek tell me it’s made by Microsoft?
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company that’s shocking Wall Street, insisted to me that it had been created by Microsoft. The ...
Microsoft’s Copilot-focused Surface Pro and Laptop PCs ship with Snapdragon and Intel options
At an event in New York City on Thursday, Microsoft unveiled two additions to the Surface line of PCs. The new Surface Pro ...
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Microsoft Q2 2025 Earnings Preview: 5 Things To Know
Microsoft, MSFT, CEO Satya Nadella is expected to talk about DeepSeek, Stargate, Azure, Copilot, AI, GenAI and more on the ...
Why DeepSeek is great news for Microsoft and software stocks
DeepSeek’s success initially rattled investors’ assumptions about the AI spending wave that has swept through Silicon Valley ...
Microsoft Has Kind Words for DeepSeek AI, Offers It to Customers
Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella had some kind words for DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence ...