Qualcomm's new AI/Copilot PCs has overwhelming hype but their actions point to a far murkier picture.
Read more ▶

The post Qualcomm AI/Copilot PCs don’t live up to the hype appeared first on SemiAccurate.

Enlarge / A rendering of the Copilot button. (credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft is all-in on its Copilot+ PC push right now, but the fact is that they'll be an extremely small minority among the PC install base for the foreseeable future. The program's stringent hardware requirements—16GB of RAM, at least 256GB of storage, and a fast neural processing unit (NPU)—disqualify all but new PCs, keeping features like Recall from running on all current Windows 11 PCs.

But the Copilot chatbot remains supported on all Windows 11 PCs (and most Windows 10 PCs), and a change Microsoft has made to recent Windows 11 Insider Preview builds is actually making the feature less useful and accessible than it is in the current publicly available versions of Windows. Copilot is being changed from a persistent sidebar into an app window that can be resized, minimized, and pinned and unpinned from the taskbar, just like any other app. But at least as of this writing, this version of Copilot can no longer adjust Windows' settings, and it's no longer possible to call it up with the Windows+C keyboard shortcut. Only newer keyboards with the dedicated Copilot key will have an easy built-in keyboard shortcut for summoning Copilot.

If Microsoft keeps these changes intact, they'll hit Windows 11 PCs when the 24H2 update is released to the general public later this year; the changes are already present on Copilot+ PCs, which are running a version of Window 11 24H2 out of the box.

Read 7 remaining paragraphs | Comments

Qualcomm's new AI/Copilot PCs has overwhelming hype but their actions point to a far murkier picture.
Read more ▶

The post Qualcomm AI/Copilot PCs don’t live up to the hype appeared first on SemiAccurate.

If you want to maximize Microsoft Copilot’s capabilities, you can enhance query responses with plugins like Spotify and Adobe. Recently, a new plugin called “Phone” ...

The post Seamless Android Integration on Windows: Microsoft Copilot Expands its Reach appeared first on Gizchina.com.

PC makers have begun referring to the latest laptops with Intel Core Ultra, AMD Ryzen 8040, and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips as “AI PCs” thanks to the advanced neural processing units integrated in each of those processors. But it’s a little vague what actually makes these “AI PCs” at this point. According to Windows […]

The post Report: AI Explorer coming to Windows 11 this fall (Copilot that remembers, helps you find anything you’ve done on your PC) appeared first on Liliputing.

We're witnessing the dawn of AI technology right now, and it's being integrated into various parts of our lives in ways we couldn't have imagined. It's true that AI was being used in some capacity in things like self-driving cars, voice assistants, and chatbots, but it wasn't as prevalent as today. It's one thing to have dedicated services like AI image generators. Still, it's completely different to have AI integrated directly into the products and services we use every day, like web browsers, many of which you may never have expected to become a reality.

Microsoft plans to roll out a number of updates to Windows 11 over the next few weeks. Some are things we’ve already heard about, like the Generative Erase feature in the Windows Photos app. Others are new, like the ability to use an Android smartphone as a webcam for your PC. But it’s telling that […]

The post Windows 11 update bring Copilot plugins, Android-phone-as-webcam, and more appeared first on Liliputing.

Microsoft has introduced some solid improvements to its Copilot tool in Windows 11 by adding new automation features and the ability to manage more system settings.