{
  "id": 2368032,
  "title": "Microsoft Gives Task Manager Another Task: Watching AI Workloads",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/microsoft-gives-task-manager-another-task-watching-ai-workloads",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/21/0136250/microsoft-gives-task-manager-another-task-watching-ai-workloads"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft is expanding Windows Task Manager to show per-process NPU and GPU neural-engine usage, giving users more visibility into which apps are consuming hardware for AI workloads. The Register reports: The Processes tab can show NPU use alongside CPU and GPU activity, while the Performance tab displays overall utilization. [...] Microsoft was keen to point out the metrics that can be…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Microsoft gives Task Manager another task: Watching AI workloads",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/microsoft-gives-task-manager-another-task-watching-ai-workloads",
        "published": "2026-08-20T16:45:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}