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Talk more about using Copilot agents. With this, devs and companies can create something customized for their business. It remembers (or recalls) previous data to provide up-to-date information based on what it “learned”.
Ja shows various ways to use CoPilot. It’s a typical AI demo we’ve seen many times before. CoPilot scans Java’s dialog and creates a summary. This helps him create a document to present to his team.
EVP of Experiences Rajesh Jha now takes the stage. He and other presenters will discuss different aspects of AI Copilot.
Jha talks about how AI is being incorporated into Microsoft 365 applications. Many companies also use Copilot. More than 150 copilots have been added since early 2024. There is also a separate Copilot app for daily users.
Nadella leaves the stage and we watch a sizzle reel on how audio descriptions can help people with disabilities. This is one of the most useful uses of AI, and it’s good to see Microsoft highlighting this feature.
Nadella now talks about security, which is a big concern when it comes to AI.
More Microsoft Copilot updates. Nadella talks about how the company’s AI subsidiary has helped the company since its inception. Microsoft CoPilot Connectors allow companies to connect many different applications.
The co-pilot team has been announced. It works with Teams and other Microsoft programs. It can facilitate meetings, take notes, write chats, gather information, solve problems and act as a project manager.
Developers can build a copilot from the ground up or from a series of templates. It will help devs and companies to develop Copilot agent for their specific business.
Neha Batra takes the stage to demonstrate VP of Engineering GitHub Copilot. She speaks Spanish and gets answers to her code question in real time. Impressive!
Talk more about developer tools, which is Microsoft’s strength. Again, this might be over most of your heads (it’s definitely above my paycheck), but the developers in the audience seem excited.
Real-time intelligence in Microsoft Fabric. There’s a lot to sort out here, but suffice it to say that this is another AI tool that can help ease the workload of developers and organizations alike. Admittedly, this isn’t something regular people should worry about.
Azure AI Studio is now available to all developers.
A video on how AI can help teachers make classes more engaging with Khan Academy. It will help provide a personal tutor to students and a personal assistant to teachers. This is possible via the Fi platform. And because it’s a small AI platform, it’s less expensive — which should be affordable for schools.
OpenAI developed ChatGPT-40 and Microsoft is opening it up to devs. It also turns into an AI agent. Very interesting!
Microsoft is adding more models to Phi-3 with more expanded parameters. It can work via the cloud or locally on a computer.
Next up is a demo of a person asking the AI ​​for the best products to use for camping. It’s standard fare for AI, but apparently, instead of typing questions, you can ask questions with your voice. The presentation showed the user changing his language and the AI ​​keeping up, which is pretty cool.
The AI’s demo player will provide pointers on how to play Minecraft. Instead of watching a YouTube video, AI will guide you. I’m not sure how I feel about this as a long time gamer on GameFAQs. But I guess it could be a modern version of the old game guides!
Nadella talks about Azure AI. Apparently, more than 50,000 companies are using this program. ChatGPT-4o is trained on Azure, which is very interesting. Microsoft really has its hands in a lot of AI bags!
Microsoft also plans to use AMD’s ND MI300X V5 hardware to fuel its AI ambitions. The company never left the Red Team!
Nadella talks about Microsoft’s partnership with Nvidia, which is central to Microsoft’s AI ambitions. Companies use LLMs like ChatGPD and integrate them into other machines.
Nadella talks about AI infrastructure.
Azure is available in 60+ regions. The company has extended it to more areas than ever before with a commitment to provide cloud service consistency.
Some of these may be over the heads of ordinary people. But suffice it to say, if developers create apps that help make your life easier, we all win.
PyTorch and Web Neural Network now run on Windows. This should provide even more tools for developers to use. These tools help the processor’s NPU to perform faster than ever before.
Moving on to discuss Copilot+ PC. The idea is to make Windows a better platform for building AI applications. A host of CoPilot library tools are available to developers. This includes fi-silica, which is functional in the device.
Nadella talks about the potential ways AI can open up for people around the world. According to him, developers are excited about the prospect of AI-driven technologies. He thanked them for the impact their progress would have on the world.
Nadella talks about driving progress in computing. We had Moore’s Law, but things seem to have scaled up faster than even Moore predicted.
Satya Nadella introduced to Microsoft Build!
Like the introduction, Microsoft’s CEO talks about Microsoft’s past and how it informs its future. While the mission statement remains the same, we now have new tools to make people’s lives easier. This is the promise of AI.
Microsoft Build 2024 officially begins! The event will begin with a look at Microsoft’s past and lead into its present/future, focusing on AI programs and tools. It can be seen as an extension of the company’s desire to bring people together.
Hey, everyone! Tony Polanco is here to cover the main event! I’ll be with you for the next few hours to bring you the latest news, so sit back and relax!
Five minutes to go…
Right now, we’re celebrating the Imagine Cup finalists — a combination of amazing creativity and accessible design, and the winner is… From Your Eyes!
It uses vision AI to tell you in real-time what you can see in front of you. Beautiful item!
YouTube Live Translation and Dubbing Comes to Microsoft Edge
Yes, I know Edge is the annoying browser popup we get on our way to download Google Chrome. But Microsoft has been busy updating it significantly, including this great move on accessibility.
This new feature will provide real-time video translations for YouTube, Linkedin and more – any platform with on-site video. Translations include going from English to 44 languages. Yes, that includes both pre-recorded and live videos.
Our reach for people who are deaf or hard of hearing is huge, and international audiences for your content are a huge step forward.
Welcome back to Redmond
We are less than 30 minutes away from the main event. Look forward to tons of AI updates, Windows 11 features and more from Satya Nadella and Co!
PS I would love to pull off an alien costume like hers!
What was announced yesterday?
Let’s start by looking back. It’s been a busy day since Microsoft made tons of hardware and software announcements.
Surface Pro 11: The Pro 10 seems to be aimed exclusively at business people, and we’re getting good stuff on the Surface Pro 11. This is the first Surface to give you an OLED display, and you’re either the Snapdragon X Plus or the X Elite. Pricing starts at $999.
Surface Laptop 7: With that said, the Surface Laptop 7 is a fairly simple upgrade hardware-wise. You still get the same display options as the Laptop 6 and the same aluminum shell. The main difference is the choice of Snapdragon.
CoPilot+ PCs: Microsoft has launched a new line of CoPilot+ PCs – the next generation of AI PCs – in just two of these. Let’s see more about what Asus, Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo have to offer.
