On Monday, the 20th of May, 2024, Microsoft held its Annual Build Developer Conference at its Headquarters in Redmond, Washington. During the event, the software company spelled out its vision on the ongoing rumors about it working on AI PCs. To everyone’s expectations, the company is going to be the partner-first platform to introduce Artificially Intelligent Personal Computers.
Nowadays, almost every tech giant is looking forward to extending its boundaries to the world of AI, today’s emerging technology. As per reports, more than 77% of companies are trying to explore the uses of AI for their businesses in one way or the other. Especially, after the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, more platforms are looking forward to competing by introducing smart features in their products. Microsoft, therefore, has successfully taken the first step toward the future with the launch of its ‘Copilot+’ PCs.
Copilot, basically, is an existing AI tool owned by Microsoft, which works as a service in collaboration with ChatGPT. Since 2022, this American software firm has been operating as a major investor in the establishment of OpenAI. With its computing power, Sam Altman has been running his ChatGPT operations seamlessly.
Due to the long-term partnership, Microsoft now is looking forward to making the most of OpenAI’s futuristic technology via Copilot to elevate the performance of its products.
Announcement Of Copilot+ PCs
Right a day before Microsoft’s Build Conference, the company held an event at its Seattle Headquarters in Washington. During the event, Microsoft introduced its latest tools by describing them as a “new class of Windows PCs.”
In the conference, the CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella expressed his views about Copilot+ PCs, by defining them as “AI-ready” and explaining that this class of PCs is going to be “the fastest, most intelligent” in the company’s history.
Nadella further shared the fact that a range of manufacturers will be working on these Copilot+ PCs with Microsoft. He gave a few names including Acer, Dell, HP, and Lenovo. With the launch of its Copilot+ Laptops, the company also shared that these will start shipping by the 18th of June, 2024 with a starting price of $999.
According to the Vice President of Microsoft, Yusuf Mehdi, the software company has completely reimagined the traditional Windows PCs. He further explained, “These improvements provide the most compelling reason to upgrade your PC in a long time.”
Explaining the advancement of these laptops, he mentioned that the new PCs will be able to handle more generative artificially intelligent tasks locally rather than depending on the Cloud Data Centers.
Rather, all operations on these laptops will be handled on the device itself with a new feature ‘Recall.’ This feature can be considered as a tracker for the users of these laptops. Through this feature, the new Copilot+ PC will be able to keep track of the entire history of a user from web browsing to emails and texts.
This way, whenever a user wants to recall what they have been doing in the past, they can easily check on their system to find the history details.
Other Features Of The Copilot+ PC
Not only this, the Copilot+ PCs have a list of several other features that can be considered as advancements or improvements in today’s technology.
The latest version of ChatGPT, the GPT 4o, will come as a built-in feature in these computers or laptops. Also, it has the ability to utilize AI and create stunning imagery. Users will be able to use it for live translation of commands from multiple languages.
Because Nadella clearly mentioned in a statement, that, “We’re entering this new era where computers not only understand us, but can actually anticipate what we want and our intent.”
It means the new product by Microsoft will be a friendly system for its users. Moreover, with the help of GPT 4o, Copilot+ will be able to communicate with us through vocal commands. Hence, users can assign tasks to this system through conversation.
Despite their endless features and futuristic functions, the Copilot+ PCs are not heavy or massive in size. Rather, the Mehdi has defined them as “unbelievably thin, light and beautiful.”
More people are waiting for the Copilot+ to enter the market. It is going to be one of the greatest upgrades in the history of Microsoft. To know more about these PCs, stay tuned to our blog. Feel free to share your reviews about this new technology in the comments below. How else do you think Microsoft can make it a better machine for today and tomorrow?
