Youtechnow – Microsoft has officially unveiled a new AI model specifically for Windows PCs, boasting the fastest intelligence and performance called Copilot+ PC. This new AI model emerges as a contender to OpenAI through ChatGPT-40.
As a new category for Windows laptops, Copilot+ PC comes equipped with advanced hardware and built-in AI features. The Copilot+ PC devices feature a new processor offering 40+ TOPS (trillion operations per second), all-day battery life, and access to cutting-edge AI models.
In an official statement, Yusuf Mehdi, Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer, expressed that Windows is implementing Copilot+ PC through Qualcomm’s fastest chips to optimize its advanced intelligence features.
Copilot+ PC will be available through all major partners or laptop manufacturers such as Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, HP, Acer, and ASUS. Additionally, Microsoft will introduce Copilot+ PC in its own line of laptops through the Surface models, including Surface and Surface Pro.
All laptops supporting Copilot+ PC will feature a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) to support AI features. Laptops using Copilot+ PC are claimed to be 20 times more powerful and 100 times more efficient in running AI features.
Laptops with Copilot+ are also said to outperform the Apple MacBook Air 15″ by up to 58% in sustained multithreaded performance while providing all-day battery life.
Thanks to its efficiency, Copilot+ PCs are claimed to operate for 22 hours of local video playback or 15 hours of web browsing on a single charge. This represents a 20% increase in battery life for local video playback compared to the MacBook Air 15″.
Regarding the AI features, Copilot+ PC offers tools to facilitate quick work completion, such as Recall, which allows users to find content on their PC based on remembered cues, using natural language search or text and visual matching. Data is stored locally with built-in privacy and control.
Another feature is Cocreator in Paint, enabling users to use their ink strokes and words to create and develop picture ideas in real-time with AI assistance to express ideas.
Additionally, users can utilize the Restyle Image app, which can reimagine personal photos with new styles combining image creation and photo editing directly from the photo view.
Lastly, features like Live Captions and instant translation utilize audio on the PC directly, converting it into English text in real-time.
According to The Verge, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that laptops with Copilot+ PC will have minimum specifications such as 256GB SSD storage, NPU, and 16GB RAM.
The first models of Copilot+ PC will launch on June 18, 2024, with chips from Qualcomm. Models with Intel and AMD processors will follow and will be informed about their arrival shortly. Microsoft aims to sell 50 million laptops with Copilot+ PC in the next year.
As additional information, Copilot+ PC brings significant leaps in computing with cutting-edge AI power, performance, and experience. Copilot+ PC will begin rolling out with Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chips.
This performance will ensure that users’ favorite applications run smoothly. On Surface Pro and Surface Laptop powered by Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chips, applications like Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft 365, and Chrome are said to feel faster and more responsive.
The NPU capability will also optimize many other applications on laptops with Copilot+ PC to accelerate AI workloads, such as Davinci Resolve for applying visual effects to objects and people using accelerated Magic Mask.
Moreover, applications like CapCut for quickly removing backgrounds from video clips using Auto Cutout. In the future, Microsoft also anticipates many developers worldwide to accelerate their applications using NPU power, including WhatsApp, Luminar Neo, LiquidText, Camo, djay Pro, and many more.
