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Why Do AI Elements Appear in Windows 10 Thumbnails?
When viewing thumbnails of certain images in File Explorer, I noticed that these thumbnails seem to contain AI-generated content. I’d like to ask: What is this feature or mechanism? Why do AI element...
It could be related to the associated/default app icon if Windows cannot generate a real thumbnail for that file type. In that case, File Explorer may show the icon provided by the default app or a registered thumbnail handler instead of an actual image preview.
However, in this screenshot the items look like Microsoft Ink/Handwriting language components, not normal image files. So the “AI-looking” icon is more likely the package/component icon or cached Store icon, rather than Windows generating AI content in the thumbnail.