The annual Microsoft Build developer conference officially kicks off today — but the tech giant has already released a laundry list of AI-centric hardware news. At a jam-packed press conference on Monday, Microsoft unveiled one of the biggest changes to the Windows PC landscape in a long time. Copilot+ PCnew leadership Surface laptop and Surface Pro is a promising new line of computers equipped with models Qualcomm Arm chips without (if Microsoft is to be believed) provides significantly improved battery life performance and compatibility trade-offs have influenced previous Windows-on-Arm iterations over the past decade or so. Read our full summary Surface/Copilot+ event for details.
So what else is Microsoft up to this week? Definitely more AI news. With hardware and Windows 11 CEO Satya Nadella and crew can provide more details on how the company’s OpenAI partnership will evolve and how Redmond will compete against Google. Twins improvements announced only last week.
You can watch in real time Set for Tuesday, May 21 at 12:00 PM ET/9 AM PT. and is scheduled to last two hours. Watch the entire event live YouTube (which is also posted above) and at Microsoft’s website (registration required).
If you want more in-depth Microsoft Build news, there’s also a second keynote session on Wednesday. Next generation AI for developers with Microsoft Cloud. It’s scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT on May 22 and will last 90 minutes.
This story was originally published earlier and was updated Monday to reflect the Copilot+, Surface and Windows 11 announcements.
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