Microsoft will kick off its Build conference on May 20, 2024 with a special event focused on the company’s “AI vision,” the company announced Monday. Attention: This event should not be confused with the event that Microsoft is already hosting in two days. The latter is about Windows and probably also about Surface.
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“Satya Nadella will explain our AI vision for hardware and software during a special press conference,” the company said. The “hardware” is expected to be the consumer version of the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6, which will reportedly ship with versions of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (Arm) chip.
Microsoft said the event will not be livestreamed.
The fact that Microsoft would combine hardware and software – or in this case AI – comes as no surprise. The Surface hardware typically previews the latest software from Microsoft, be it a new operating system, the latest Office/Microsoft 365 innovations, or AI. According to Windows Central, Microsoft is expected to unveil an AI-powered version of the Timeline app in Windows 11, possibly at the May event. We’ve already seen some innovations, such as AI-controlled audio, in test versions of Windows 11.
Will the Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Pro 10 be able to keep up with Intel’s Meteor Lake? Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragons look pretty competitive. We won’t know whether they will be truly competitive until we see them and have tested.
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