Microsoft unpacks Copilot+ computers

Tech giant Microsoft Monday May 20, 2024 unpacked a new range of personal computers named ‘Copilot+’ in order to boost the sale of AI powered machines.

Tuesday May 21, 2024 6:42 PM, ummid.com News Network

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft Monday May 20, 2024 unpacked a new range of personal computers named ‘Copilot+’ in order to boost the sale of AI powered machines.

“The Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built”, the tech giant said while launching the new machine at a special event on Microsoft Campus.

“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 enable you to do things you can’t on any other PC”, Microsoft said.

“Easily find and remember what you have seen in your PC with Recall, generate and refine AI images in near real-time directly on the device using Cocreator, and bridge language barriers with Live Captions, translating audio from 40+ languages into English”, the company said.

Price, Other Features

Copilot+ PCs are available at a starting price of $999 and come with new silicon chip capable of an incredible 40+ TOPS (trillion operations per second), all–day battery life and access to the most advanced AI models.

“These experiences come to life on a set of thin, light and beautiful devices from Microsoft Surface and our OEM partners Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung (KS: 005930 ), with availability starting on June 18,” said Yusuf Mehdi, Executive Vice President, Consumer Chief Marketing Officer.

Connected to and enhanced by the large language models (LLMs) running in Azure Cloud in concert with small language models (SLMs), Copilot+ PCs can now achieve a level of performance never seen before.

“They are up to 20 times more powerful and up to 100 times as efficient for running AI workloads and deliver industry-leading AI acceleration,” said the company.

Pluton Security processor

The Microsoft ‘Pluton Security’ processor will be enabled by default on all Copilot+ PCs for security.

“Now with Recall, you can access virtually what you have seen or done on your PC in a way that feels like having photographic memory,” the company informed.

Adobe’s flagship apps are coming to Copilot+ PCs, including Photoshop, Lightroom and Express and Illustrator, Premiere Pro and more will arrive this summer.

About Copilot

People around the world embraced Copilot after its launch in preview as their everyday AI companion.

Launched in preview mode February this year, Copilot in Windows - formerly Bing Chat and Bing Chat Enterprise, is an AI-powered intelligent assistant that helps users get answers and inspirations from across the web, supports creativity and collaboration, and helps them focus on the task at hand.

In a move to make Copilot, Microsoft in a first since 1990 changed its keyboard design and introduced a new key.

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