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Windows 11 Copilot Diagnoses Sluggish PCs While Eating 1GB Of RAM

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Microsoft's ongoing efforts to improve Windows 11 don't always go to plan. One major cause behind Windows 11 performance issues was increased use of web apps (including webview, PWA, etc.) rather than native applications, and the latest version of the Copilot AI assistant has some issue too.

The new version of Copilot for Windows 11 is now a web app. WindowsLatest studied this newest release, and discovered it could consume up to 1 GB of RAM while at idle. Besides being an obvious example of AI bloat, this can also be attributed to Copilot including its own dedicated instance of Edge, Microsoft's Chromium-based web browser that loves RAM.

Users still have numerous ways to disable Copilot and other AI featureson Windows. This latest version of Copilot, as well as its new "PC Insights" feature, are slowly rolled out across the US. They were intended to help users identify what's...

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