Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows and the PCs that run it.
In a keynote ahead of its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it’s calling CoPilot+ PCs, as well as generative AI-powered features like Recall, which Helps users find the apps, files, and other content they want. last. Copilot, Microsoft’s generative AI brand, will soon be more deeply integrated into the Windows 11 experience. And new Microsoft Surface devices are on the way.
We’ve covered all the major announcements here.
CoPilot+ PC
CoPilot+ PC is Microsoft’s AI-first, vision of flagship Windows hardware. All include dedicated chips called NPUs to power AI experiences like Recall. And they come with a minimum of 16GB RAM along with SSD storage.
The first CoPilot+ PCs will feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Chip makers Intel and AMD have also committed to producing processors for CoPilot+ devices in partnership with a number of manufacturers including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung.
CoPilot+ PCs start at $999, and some are available for preorder today.
Surface Pro and Surface Laptop
Microsoft’s newly unveiled Surface devices, the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro, focus on performance and battery.
The latest Surface Laptop – which is available with a 13.8- or 15-inch display – has been redesigned with “modern lines” and thinner screen bezels. The company says it lasts up to 22 hours on a single charge and is 86% faster than the Surface Laptop 5. It also supports Wi-Fi 7 and has a haptic feedback touchpad.
As for the new Surface Pro, Microsoft says it’s up to 90% faster than the previous generation Surface Pro (Surface Pro 9), and has an HDR display, Wi-Fi 7 (and optional 5G), and a new OLED . Advanced ultrawide front-facing camera. Additionally, its detachable keyboard – which has been reinforced with additional carbon fiber – now has haptic feedback.
Memorization
Windows 11’s upcoming Recall feature could “remember” apps and content a user accessed on their PC weeks or months ago, for example helping them find a Discord chat where they were discussing those clothes Which they were considering buying. Users can use Recall’s timeline to “scroll back” to see what they were working on in the recent past and drill down into files like a PowerPoint presentation to surface information potentially relevant to their searches. Can down.
Microsoft says Recall can make connections between colors, images, and other things so users can search for practically anything on their PC in natural language (not dissimilar to startup). of rewind Take). And the company claims that all user data associated with Recall is kept private and on-device – and importantly, not used to train AI models.
is here More From Microsoft: “Your snapshots are yours; They reside locally on your PC. You can delete individual snapshots, adjust and remove the time limit in Settings, or pause at any point from the icon in the system tray on your taskbar. You can also filter apps and websites from always being saved.
Image editing and live translation
There’s more AI in Windows now than ever before and some of it is especially on the new CoPilot+ PCs.
A new feature called Super Resolution can restore old photos by automatically upgrading them. And Copilot can now analyze images to give users ideas for creative creations. Through a feature called CoCreator, users can generate images and even ask the AI model to replace or restore the image to follow what they are drawing.
Elsewhere, Live Caption with Live Translate translates any audio that passes through the PC – whether from YouTube or a local file – into the language of the user’s choice. Live Translate will initially support around 40 languages, including English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian.
windows copilot runtime
Powering capabilities like recall and super resolution is the Windows CoPilot runtime, a collection of ~40 generative AI models described by Microsoft as “a new layer” of Windows. Combined with Semantic Index, a vector-based system for a personal CoPilot+ PC, Windows CoPilot Runtime allows generative AI-powered apps – including third-party apps – to run without the need for an Internet connection.
Microsoft says CapCut, the popular video editor from TikTok owner ByteDance, will use the Windows CoPilot runtime to speed up its AI features.
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