From PC World: If you own a Qualcomm-powered Snapdragon Copilot+ PC and are willing to run one of Microsoft’s test builds, a new feature is available: smarter semantic search, where you can describe what you’re looking for on your PC without the need for specific keywords.
Semantic search was first revealed in October, when Microsoft outlined its AI roadmap that included Generative Fill and image upscaling. Now, it’s part of the latest Dev Channel build for Windows Insiders, which was released at the end of last week. Only PCs with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip inside can run it, however.
Semantic search for your PC is a callback to the search wars of over a decade ago, back when Google first rolled out semantic search for the web. Before then, search engines had a difficult time understanding anything but keywords and the relationships between them. Semantic search is smarter, allowing a search engine to essentially interpret descriptive terms, identify concepts, and make associations related to a query. Windows has long lacked that capability.
Unsurprisingly, this is where Copilot+ PCs and their newfound NPUs and AI-driven intelligence are stepping in.
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