The Microsoft Windows and Surface event will take place in San Francisco later today, beginning at 10AM PT (1PM ET), and there's a lot we expect to see. It's certainly going to be a very AI-focused event. According to Microsoft, it will center on a "conversation on how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC." It will be broadcast live on Microsoft's YouTube channel, and is expected to run for about an hour. To make things convenient, we've also embedded it here in this article below.
The event isn't just noteworthy because of its heavy AI focus (though the effort to drum up excitement on the subject is an interesting choice after widespread negative reactions led to the scaling back of Copilot's presence in the OS). It's also significant as the first laptop-centric event the company has held in two years. Considering NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is one of the featured speakers alongside Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and head of Windows and Devices Pavan Davuluri, chances are high that we'll see an update about the Surface Laptop Ultra, as the laptop is powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark superchip.
The RTX Spark is all about AI, with NVIDIA claiming it delivers 1 petaflop of AI computing power. This goes hand-in-hand with Microsoft's shifting focus to agentic AI, which is AI that needs minimal input from you to operate. The Surface Laptop Ultra and Spark come together to make an AI powerhouse, the cost of which still remains a mystery, but will likely be revealed during today's event.
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