Microsoft wants to make creative AI a big part of Windows and the PCs that run it.
This week, at an opening event before its annual Build developer conference, the company showed off a new line of Windows computers it calls Copilot+ PCs. The computers also have generative AI-powered features like Recall that help users find apps, files, and other content they’ve seen before. Copilot is Microsoft’s brand of creative AI, and it will soon be a lot more built into Windows 11. Also, new Microsoft Surface gadgets are on the way.
All the important news has been put together here.
The Copilot+ PCs
Copilot+ PCs are Microsoft’s idea of the best Windows devices for AI. All of them have special chips called NPUs that run AI games like Recall. They also come with at least 16GB of RAM and SSD storage.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and Plus chips will be in the first Copilot+ PCs. Microsoft says these chips can power up to 15 hours of web browsing and 20 hours of movie playback. Intel and AMD have also promised to work with a number of manufacturers, such as Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung, to make chips for Copilot+ devices.
Some Copilot+ PCs can be preordered today for as little as $999.
Surface Book And Surface Pro
The Surface Laptop and Surface Pro, which Microsoft just released, are designed to be fast and last a long time.
The new Surface Laptop, which comes with either a 13.8- or 15-inch screen, has “modern lines” and smaller screen bezels. The company says it can be charged for up to 22 hours and is up to 86% faster than the Surface Laptop 5. It also has a haptic feedback touchscreen and works with Wi-Fi 7.
Microsoft says the new Surface Pro is up to 90% faster than the last generation, the Surface Pro 9. It has a new OLED display with HDR, Wi-Fi 7 (and possible 5G), and a better ultrawide front-facing camera. It also has a detachable keyboard that has haptic input and has been strengthened with more carbon fiber.
Remember
The new Recall feature in Windows 11 will be able to “remember” apps and material that a user used on their PC weeks or even months ago. For example, it could help a user find a Discord chat where they were talking about clothes they were thinking about buying. Users can “scroll back” in Recall’s timeline to see what they were working on not long ago. They can also “drill down” in files like PowerPoint presentations to find information that might be important to their searches.
Microsoft says that Recall can make connections between colors, images, and other things so that users can look for almost anything on their PCs using natural language. This is similar to the technology used by startup Rewind. The company behind Recall also says that all user data is kept private and on the device, and most importantly, it is not used to teach AI models.
Microsoft has more to say here: “Your PC is where your snapshots stay; they are yours.” From the icon in the System Tray on your Taskbar, you can delete individual snapshots, change and delete time groups, or pause at any time. You can also stop apps and websites from being saved at all.
Changes To Images And Live Subtitles
It has more AI than ever before, and some of it is only available on the new Copilot+ PCs.
With the new Super Resolution feature, old pictures can be brought back to life by automatically making them bigger. Also, Copilot can now look at pictures and suggest creative ways to put them together. With a tool called “Cocreator,” users can draw pictures and tell the AI model to change or style the picture based on what they’re drawing.
In other places, Live Captions with live subtitles turns any sound that goes through a PC into the user’s chosen language, whether it’s from YouTube or a local file. At first, live readings will work with about 40 languages, such as English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian.
Runtime For Windows Copilot
The Windows Copilot Runtime is made up of about 40 creative AI models and powers features like Recall and Super Resolution. Microsoft calls it “a new layer” of Windows. The Windows Copilot Runtime works with the semantic index, a vector-based system that is unique to each Copilot+ PC. It lets generative AI-powered apps, even third-party apps, run without always being connected to the internet.
Microsoft says that CapCut, the well-known video editor made by ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, will use the Windows Copilot Runtime to make its AI tools run faster.
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