The company is also changing the leadership of Windows with a greater focus on AI and Microsoft’s Copilot technology. The new leader of Windows is Mikhail Parakhin, the CEO of advertising and web services at Microsoft. The Windows team will now focus on integrating web technologies, AI, and services into Microsoft’s operating system. Microsoft is increasingly pivoting Windows to a web-based future and plans to move Windows fully to the cloud on the consumer side.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft is planning to share its vision for AI integration into its key products at a special event on Thursday, following the resignation of former Windows and Surface chief Panos Panay.
- Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s head of consumer marketing, indicated that the event will build on the existing OpenAI partnership and is the beginning of an AI-powered vision for Microsoft’s key products.
- Microsoft is reportedly working on its own AI chips that may rival Nvidia’s, and may detail some of this work at the event. The company might also push OEMs to ship laptops with a neural processing unit (NPU) chip for AI tasks and future versions of Windows.
- Windows is changing leadership with a greater focus on AI and Microsoft’s Copilot technology. The Windows team will now focus on integrating web technologies, AI, and services into Microsoft’s operating system, indicating a pivot towards a web-based future.