Microsoft is holding an AI occasion within the morning on Monday, Might twentieth — proper earlier than Construct 2024 begins. In an invitation emailed to media, Microsoft says CEO Satya Nadella will discuss in regards to the firm’s “AI imaginative and prescient throughout {hardware} and software program.”
The occasion gained’t be livestreamed and can solely be open to journalists who attend the occasion in individual. Microsoft’s particular occasion will give attention to upcoming Floor {hardware} and adjustments to Home windows which are all targeted on AI. Whereas the software program large is holding a business-focused Floor occasion later this week, sources accustomed to Microsoft’s plans inform The Verge that the Might twentieth occasion will embody the patron variations of the Floor Professional 10 and Floor Laptop computer 6.
These client Floor units will run on Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon X Elite processors, and embody devoted NPU {hardware} for accelerating AI duties in Home windows 11. Microsoft can be engaged on a brand new AI Explorer characteristic for Home windows 11 that’s designed to work as a timeline you may search by way of in your PC. Home windows Central reviews that it’ll catalog every little thing you do in your PC so you may seek for moments, very similar to the Timeline characteristic in Home windows 10 that Microsoft finally eliminated.
This occasion can even set the stage for “the 12 months of the AI PC,” as Microsoft has described it. Companions together with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm are all able to ship processors for Microsoft’s massive Home windows AI push, however we’re ready to listen to when Home windows might be able to reap the benefits of these new chips and laptops.
The Might twentieth occasion can even embody different elements of Microsoft’s AI initiatives, together with Copilot. Microsoft just lately launched its $20 monthly Copilot Professional subscription worldwide, which lets customers entry the newest OpenAI fashions in Microsoft Workplace apps.
Microsoft Construct begins on Tuesday, Might twenty first and runs by way of Might twenty second. There, Microsoft says it should share updates on “AI, Copilots, and extra.” The occasion will happen each in individual in Seattle and on-line.