Microsoft recently announced exciting new AI capabilities coming to Windows 11 PCs later this year. The tech giant revealed plans to integrate an AI key directly into Windows 11 desktops and laptops, allowing users easy access to chat, search, and other AI features.
The AI key will provide a central hub for Microsoft’s AI offerings, including the Bing chatbot and other services. By pressing the dedicated physical button on keyboards or clicking the digital button in the system tray, users can instantly summon an AI assistant for help answering questions, generating content, holding natural conversations, and more.”This is a new way to interact with technology using just your voice.
Ask a question about almost anything, and the AI will respond conversationally with helpful information,” explained Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the announcement. The AI key represents a major expansion of Microsoft’s AI efforts into its flagship operating system. It shows the company’s commitment to making AI accessible and useful for everyday people, not just developers.
Some of the key AI capabilities enabled by the new button include using chat to get a summary of a lengthy document, asking for help composing content like emails, receiving programming support, and having natural dialogue. Microsoft demonstrated how the AI can fluidly continue conversations, admit mistakes, and decline inappropriate requests.The AI key will start rolling out to select Insider preview testers in March.
It will come to all Windows 11 users via a software update later in 2024. Microsoft is opening up its AI platform to third-party developers, so the capabilities of the AI button will grow over time.Bringing powerful AI into Windows aligns with Microsoft’s vision of embedding AI across all its products.
The AI key makes advanced technology friendly and helpful for the 1.4 billion Windows users worldwide. It has the potential to change how people interact with PCs and information.
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