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Microsoft introduced new software and computers infused with artificial intelligence features \u2014 stepping up its efforts to out-compete Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google and Apple Inc. in the dawning AI age.<\/p>\n

A new category of AI-focused PCs will be called Copilot+PC, Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said at an event Monday at Microsoft\u2019s Redmond, Washington, campus.<\/p>\n

The machines from Microsoft\u2019s Surface line and manufacturing partners will offer more power and will be 58% faster than Apple\u2019s top-of-the-line MacBook Air M3, the company said, thanks in part to a special chip that\u2019s dedicated to AI processing. The new machines will start at $1,000.<\/p>\n

Microsoft also said OpenAI\u2019s GPT-4o, an updated version of its GPT-4 that\u2019s better at handling text, audio and images in real-time, will soon come to the company\u2019s Copilot AI assistant.<\/p>\n

Microsoft demonstrated a feature called Recall that\u2019s designed to help users find a buried browser tab, file, email or chat, based on conversational language prompts.<\/p>\n

It will be like \u201cphotographic memory,\u201d said Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft\u2019s consumer chief marketing officer.<\/p>\n

Microsoft is aiming to demonstrate that generative AI will revolutionize computing for regular consumers, not simply its corporate cloud customers.<\/p>\n

Though the company embedded AI in its Bing search engine early on, Nadella has expressed frustration that Microsoft hasn\u2019t launched compelling consumer products more quickly, Bloomberg previously reported.<\/p>\n

To help rectify the situation, in March he hired DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to oversee consumer AI efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pursuit has always been about how to build computers that understand us, instead of us having to understand computers and I feel like we really are close to that real breakthrough,\u201d Nadella said.<\/p>\n

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A live captions feature in Windows can translate any video content into English from 40 languages in real time.<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s part of the operating system, the feature works on any conferencing or entertainment apps.<\/p>\n

The company is also adding a new AI co-creator program that uses machine learning models to turn basic sketches into more complex images.<\/p>\n

The Recall feature relies on several language models embedded into Windows and lets users set certain content as private so it cannot be archived by the AI software.<\/p>\n

More broadly, the features use a new layer of software called the Windows Copilot Runtime, made up of more than 40 AI models that can handle a variety of text, visual, audio and analysis tasks.<\/p>\n

Microsoft announced support for a new PC initiative from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., but the computers debuting on Monday all run chips from Qualcomm Inc., the software maker said.<\/p>\n

Their inclusion provides a lift to Qualcomm, which is betting its mobile phone technology is better suited to the next generation of AI-infused machines that consume more power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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