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We’re gearing up for a big week of news from Microsoft! Ahead of Microsoft’s annual developer conference on Tuesday, the company invited the media to its Redmond offices today for a launch event. We expect Microsoft to show off a new batch of Arm-powered Surface PCs for consumers, as well as how it plans to better integrate AI into these devices, Windows and other products.

Can Microsoft finally break the curse of Windows on Arm devices? Follow our live blog here It starts at 1:00 PM ET to find out! (Interestingly, Microsoft isn’t streaming this event live, but we’ll hit all the news as it drops.) To catch all the news from Build Tuesday, you can watch the Microsoft Build 2024 keynote here.

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    Captured content is stored in the new Copilot semantic index. It’s an improvement over traditional indexing systems, he says, and it should help you find content more easily.

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    Deep integration enables robust privacy and security options. You can delete content and exclude specific programs.

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    It takes a deeper look at how Recall works. It can store text, images, videos, etc. equipped with several multimodal small language models that can recognize They are also deeply integrated into Windows, so it can access Windows hardware more efficiently. Intelligence will also work in any application.

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    Davuluri is here to tell us more about how Windows is optimized for Copilot+ computers.

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    According to this video, Copilot+ computers will offer up to 22 hours of battery life.

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    Remembering is a nice idea in theory, but I can also imagine it causing some awkward moments between family members. It’s worse than looking at someone’s browser history.

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    There are no images of the actual new hardware yet

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    Next up is Pavan Davuluri, the leader of the Windows Devices team. But first, we watch the Copilot+ promo video.

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    Mehdi says that Recall was built with responsible artificial intelligence standards and aligned it to Microsoft’s own standards. It won’t use data to train Microsoft models, and the data stays local to your computer.

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    With Recall’s Timeline feature, he was also able to scroll back to find specific quotes from the meeting.

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    The recall is also important in his workplace: He has been collaborating on the field for the past few weeks. When he finally started adding his content, he couldn’t find it. Instead of searching on her own, she asked to find a graphic with purple writing using voice search. It takes him to the exact slides with purple writing,

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    When he selects the correct option from Recall, he returns it directly to the website to purchase it.

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    She was specifically looking for a “blue pantsuit with lace for abuelita,” and that narrowed down her options.

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    She demonstrates several ways that Recall has helped her: For example, she is looking for the perfect dress for her grandmother. After weeks of browsing Pinterest, she wanted to go back to see all the blue dresses she had seen. He didn’t keep his browser tabs open, but he can ask Recall to show him all the blue dresses he’s ever seen.

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    Carolina Hernandez, principal product manager of Windows AI experiences, now shows us how Recall works.

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    With recall, Microsoft uses the power of artificial intelligence to access everything you’ve ever seen on your computer. “You seem to have a photographic memory.” Recall is only available on Copilot+ computers.

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    With more than 40 AI computing powers, it can better understand what you are working on. For example, Windows’ new feature called Recall will help us remember what we have done on our computer. No more emailing yourself or writing notes about tasks.

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    The idea is that you can now speak naturally to Copilot while working within your flow. Sounds like a virtual assistants dream come true.

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    While the installation is in progress, the Copilot spots a zombie and gives him instructions on how to escape (by building a structure or digging into the ground). This all sounds very rehearsed, but it’s a great concept!

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    The copilot actively tells him what to do in Minecraft, looks at his inventory and suggests what he can use to create a specific item.