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,

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 learned.

Here are the steps that you can follow to download DeepSeek on your computer. Go to the DeepSeek R1 website and log in using your email, Gmail, or phone number. After logging in, you’ll be greeted with an interface similar to ChatGPT, allowing you to start using the AI immediately.

Microsoft made DeepSeek's groundbreaking R1 AI model available on the Azure AI Foundry platform as well as GitHub.

To run DeepSeek for the first time, just open your terminal and type: "ollama run deepseek-r1:8b" (without the double quotes). The model downloads and launches on your machine automatically.

DeepSeek R1 is an open-source AI model offering advanced capabilities at low cost. Here's a guide covering installation, hardware needs, and customisation options.

Microsoft makes DeepSeek locally available on Copilot+ PCs. Model to arrive first on Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors — Intel and AMD chips to follow.

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.