The AI-enhanced Windows PCs will start rolling out on 18 June on computers made by Microsoft partners and on Microsoft’s Surface line of devices. However, these will be reserved for premium models starting at $999. The announcement seems to be a strategic move by Microsoft to counter potential AI developments from Apple, which is expected to make significant announcements at its own annual developers conference in June.
Key takeaways:
- Microsoft has revealed an upgraded version of its AI assistant, Copilot, which will remember users' activities on their computers to help predict their next actions.
- The new features will include Windows Recall, which allows the AI assistant to access virtually what the user has seen or done on their PC, promising to protect users’ privacy by giving them the option to filter out what they don’t want tracked.
- The announcement comes in the wake of big AI announcements from rival Google and Microsoft’s close business partner OpenAI, which built the AI large language models on which Microsoft’s Copilot is based.
- The newly AI-enhanced Windows PCs will start rolling out on 18 June on computers made by Microsoft partners Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung, as well as on Microsoft’s Surface line of devices, but they’ll be reserved for premium models starting at $999.