Microsoft patent would pay gamers to turn idle gaming GPUs into AI training hardware
Shot-Height-7194 · reddit · 2026-11-15
Per videocardz, a Microsoft patent describes converting gamers' idle GPU capacity into paid AI training hardware — Microsoft could compensate players for lending spare graphics power to train AI models, potentially turning consumer rigs into a distributed training resource.
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