Jul 03, 2026

01:29 pm

What's the storyA leaked video from 2024 has revealed Microsoft's internal explorations of a dedicated artificial intelligence (AI) operating system (OS).

The project, dubbed Aion, was built on a lightweight Windows codebase called Win3 and powered by Microsoft Edge.

The three-minute-long video, shared on Discord server BetaWiki, as well as by Windows Central's Zac Bowden, gives a glimpse of early working code showcasing an innovative desktop UI centered around Copilot and agentic AI.