Despite some initial difficulties, the Windows AI Studio performed well once set up, allowing for fine-tuning using a Hugging Face dataset. However, the requirements for use are somewhat demanding, and there are occasional errors. Interestingly, Microsoft's local AI development on Windows requires Linux under the hood, but the company has stated it is planning for other platform support.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft has released a preview of Windows AI Studio, a set of tools and models for AI development, but it requires Linux to run.
- The Visual Studio Code extension requires Ubuntu 18.04 or greater, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), and will only run on Nvidia GPUs.
- There are limitations to the models users can use, and the extension cannot be run in an Azure GPU Virtual Machine due to the nested virtualization needed by WSL.
- Despite some issues, the Windows AI Studio worked well once set up, and Microsoft is planning to expand platform support in the future.