Microsoft will be holding an AI event on the morning of Monday, May 20th, just before Build 2024 begins. In an email invitation sent to media, Microsoft said CEO Satya Nadella will speak about the company's “AI vision across hardware and software.”
This event will not be livestreamed and will only be open to journalists attending the event in person. Microsoft's special event will focus on upcoming Surface hardware and AI-focused changes to Windows. The software giant will hold a business-focused Surface event later this week, a source familiar with Microsoft's plans says. The Verge The May 20th event will include consumer versions of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6.
These consumer Surface devices run on Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X Elite processors and include dedicated NPU hardware to accelerate AI tasks with Windows 11. Microsoft is also working on a new AI Explorer feature for Windows 11 designed to act as a searchable timeline. Please run it on your PC. windows central Similar to Windows 10's Timeline feature, which Microsoft eventually removed, it reports that you can catalog and search for moments in everything you do on your PC.
The event will also set the stage for what Microsoft has described as the “Year of the AI ​​PC.” Partners like AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm are all poised to ship processors for Microsoft's massive Windows AI push, but it remains to be seen when Windows will make these new chips and laptops available. We are waiting to see what will happen.
The May 20th event will also include other parts of Microsoft's AI initiatives, including Copilot. Microsoft recently launched a $20/month Copilot Pro subscription worldwide. This will allow users to access the latest His OpenAI models in Microsoft Office apps.
Microsoft Build starts on Tuesday, May 21st and runs until May 22nd. There, Microsoft says it will share the latest information on “AI, Copilots, and more.” This event will be held both in-person in Seattle and online.