Microsoft launches ‘designed for AI’ PCs

Microsoft on Monday launched a new version of its personal computers “designed for” artificial intelligence (AI), as the company seeks an edge in the AI ​​technology race.

Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella unveiled the product, dubbed “Copilot+” PCs, at an event in Redmond, Washington, on Monday. The company described the new line as “the fastest, smartest Windows PCs ever built.”

“With powerful new silicon capable of an incredible 40+ TOPS (trillion operations per second), all-day battery life, and access to the most advanced AI models, Copilot+ PCs will let you do things you can’t do on any another PC, “Microsoft wrote in a statement.

Copilot+ PCs include a feature called “Recall” that tracks all activity on the computer to allow users to virtually access what they have seen or done on the computer in the past.

“Copilot+ PCs organize information like we do – based on relationships and associations unique to each of our individual experiences,” Microsoft wrote. “This helps you remember things you may have forgotten, so you can find what you’re looking for quickly and intuitively, simply by using the clues you remember.”

The new laptops will start at $999 and will launch across several laptop brands — including Acer, ASUS, Dell and HP — on June 18, Microsoft said.

This comes almost a year after Microsoft launched AI-powered Windows Copilot, a product for explaining content to users by rewriting or summarizing it. Users can also ask general questions to Windows Copilot, and anyone who doesn’t want the product can deactivate the service on their laptops.

The laptops will eventually also feature OpenAI’s new AI model, GPT-4o, for “more natural” voice conversations, the tech giant added.

Last week, OpenAI released a demo of its “Sky” voice assistant, featured in its GPT-4o, which drew scrutiny from actress Scarlett Johansson, who said it sounds “eerily similar” to her voice.

Johansson said on Monday that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously talked to her about the voice of an AI assistant, but she declined.

Johansson said she hired a lawyer to request that OpenAI remove the “Sky” voice.

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