GoKawiilMicrosoft patent proposes paying users to train AI on idle device GPUs
Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that would monitor consenting users' devices and assign them AI training workloads when they are idle, offering store credit or early access to AI models as compensation. The system, spotted by Patentlyze, would track metrics like GPU and CPU utilization, temperature and memory bandwidth across PCs, servers and smartphones, splitting training jobs into micro-tasks distributed to subscribed devices.