Introduction
AMD’s latest Adrenalin Edition drivers introduce a new optional component called the “AI Bundle,” first announced at CES 2026 in Las Vegas and scheduled to become available for public download later this week. We’ve been able to take an early look at it thanks to pre-release access from AMD. The AI Bundle is a curated collection of local AI tools aimed at making it easier to get started with image generation and large language models on a PC. Instead of having to piece together Python environments, frameworks, and frontends on your own, you can now set up a ready-to-use stack in one go, bundling together popular applications and the required runtime components.
Beyond convenience, AMD is clearly positioning this as a privacy- and cost-friendly way to explore AI. All workloads run locally, with no cloud dependencies, no subscriptions, and no data being sent off-system, which avoids both ongoing costs and the security and privacy concerns that come with hosted services. Just as importantly, this software stack is meant to be tuned for AMD hardware. Until now, getting many of these AI workloads to run well on AMD GPUs and NPUs has often been a frustrating, manual process involving experimental builds and fragile configurations. The AI Bundle promises a much more straightforward path, turning the driver installer itself into a one-click entry point for local AI experimentation. Just to clarify, AMD creates the bundle, using freely available software, which of course means they have full control over packaging and setup, but not full control over the apps themselves and how they handle things for GUI, etc.
In this review, we will walk through the installation process, examine each included application, and look at how well this setup works in practice.