Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at an artificial intelligence technology company event in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2024.
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Microsoft New computers are being marketed with advanced chips designed to run the artificial intelligence capabilities of Windows software without quickly draining battery life.
The company launched Surface Laptop and Surface Pro tablets on Monday, with Qualcomm The chip can run some artificial intelligence tasks without an Internet connection. Other computer makers including Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus, Acer and Samsung are also launching AI PCs powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus processors, which promise longer battery life and will run Microsoft’s Copilot AI Chatbot.
These computers adhere to Microsoft’s new Copilot+ standard, with minimal performance, storage and memory. Co-pilot + PC AMD Intel chips will follow, Microsoft said at a press conference at its campus in Redmond, Washington. Computers will be able to translate audio, recommend responses to incoming messages, suggest changes to the Settings app, and even discuss what’s on the screen with people.
Copilot+ PC starts at $999. Microsoft started taking pre-orders on Monday, and the devices will be available in June.
The recall function will be able to search the logs of previous operations on the PC. Recall relies on artificial intelligence models that run directly on the device, so it can run offline and the data index is never sent to a remote server. AI models will be able to generate images based on written descriptions and drawings.
Microsoft looks to Qualcomm for energy-saving technology armThe chip-based chip can handle artificial intelligence models to defend its Windows franchise. apple With MacBook equipped with Arm chips, it has gained market share in PC shipments and no longer relies on Intela top supplier of computer processors.
Microsoft is stepping up its efforts to provide ChatGPT-like functionality to consumers and business users. Microsoft-backed OpenAI released the ChatGPT chatbot in late 2022, which quickly became popular as a tool for quickly accessing computer-generated poetry, email drafts, and summaries of historical events.
Other big tech companies, including Microsoft, were quick to tap generative AI to enhance their products. The Copilot chatbot, which leverages the underlying artificial intelligence model of ChatGPT, appears on the Bing search engine with the Windows 10 and 11 operating systems. People who subscribe to Office productivity software can pay extra to have Copilot refer to their documents for written answers.
The GPT-4 model inside ChatGPT only completes the necessary computing work in Microsoft’s Azure cloud. New PCs can run some artificial intelligence models locally without an Internet connection. Nearly four months ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told analysts on the company’s earnings call that “artificial intelligence will be a first-class component of every PC by 2024.”
Microsoft has had little success getting people to adopt Arm-based Windows PCs, which don’t always perform as well as PCs running Intel or Intel. AMD Chip. Some applications are incompatible.
Running generative AI locally means computers will require more power, making strong battery life even more important. This could make Windows on Arm more attractive.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley expect Arm systems to account for 14% of all Windows PC shipments by 2026, up from 0% in 2023, according to a report distributed to clients earlier this month.
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