After ready so lengthy for the primary Home windows Copilot Runtime instruments to reach, this was a disappointing consequence, particularly because the cling not solely locks up the NPU app but additionally impacts instruments like Job Supervisor. The one means out is to reboot your PC. I’m positive that up to date drivers will probably be delivered quickly, however for now, this seems like one thing of a lifeless finish.

The drivers are supposed to assist WebNN in addition to your personal code. WebNN is a creating customary for utilizing ONNX within the browser, permitting small fashions to run regionally moderately than use distant servers. Microsoft has been constructing experimental assist for WebNN into its Edge browser, placing it behind a flag in each Dev and Canary Insider builds.

As a part of the announcement of DirectML assist for Qualcomm’s NPU, Microsoft included directions for utilizing DirectML with WebNN. Once more, this can be a considerably advanced course of for now, because it entails extracting the DirectML DLL from the NuGet package deal and manually putting in it within the acceptable Edge listing.