Devs can now tap Microsoft Edge to power AI web apps

Microsoft is launching new APIs for Edge, its web browser, to let developers incorporate AI functionality into web apps using models built into Edge. Unveiled at Build 2025, the AI APIs mirror some of the functionality in Google Chrome, which also offers "built-in AI" that developers can tap to power their web applications. Microsoft's move suggests that it's keen to offer a competitor — one that might sway devs to its side. Edge's new APIs give websites and Edge browser extensions access to Phi