Microsoft is on a roll. It just had a splashy reveal of its new Surface Pro and Surface computers armed with AI called CoPilot.
Integrating NPUs right in the computers, Microsoft is able to run AI on the edge, so to speak, meaning the computer itself.
According to Microsoft, “Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent 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 enable you to do things you can’t on any other PC. 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.”
Instant Recall feature
One of the new AI features is called Recall. It is a program that takes screenshots as you work on your computer, essentially operating as a memory of what’s happening on your screen (somewhat similar to Timemachine in Mac). Then, if you want to search these screenshots, you can search for what you want and the AI program will find it for you.
According to Microsoft, “You can scroll across time to find the content you need in your timeline across any application, website, document, or more. Interact intuitively using snapshots with screenray to help you take the next step using suggested actions based on object recognition. And get back to where you were, whether to a specific email in Outlook or the right chat in Teams.”
Cocreator on your device
With the NPUs in the computer, you are now able “to generate new images in nearly real time with Cocreator. As you iterate, so does the artwork, helping you more easily refine, edit and evolve your ideas. Powerful diffusion-based algorithms optimize for the highest quality output over minimum steps to make it feel like you are creating alongside AI. Use the creativity slider to choose from a range of artwork from more literal to more expressive. Once you select your artwork, you can continue iterating on top of it, helping you express your ideas, regardless of your creative skills.”
Is the ball in Apple’s court?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sounded very confident about Microsoft’s new AI computers “outperform[ing]” Apple’s computers.
