On Monday, Microsoft concluded Build 2024, its annual developer conference, just a day after introducing Copilot+ PCs powered by the Snapdragon X Elite/Plus processors. Satya Nadella presented the keynote.
Microsoft announced several new features for existing products, new solutions, and more at the conference. Here are some of the announcements:
Windows updates
Microsoft is adding AI agents to more products and services. AI agents can now be used like a virtual employee; it can monitor emails, perform automated tasks, and can even help with an employee onboarding process. These features will be available via the Copilot Studio later this year.
Microsoft Team meeting app will soon gain the ability to create and share custom emojis, and the Windows clipboard will gain generative AI capabilities, powered by OpenAI models. It will also get advanced copy and past capabilities via the PowerToys, allowing users to directly summarise, translate, and rewrite, or even generate a code based on the context provided.
File Explorer on Windows 11 is also gaining a new feature. Users can soon use Explorer to keep track of projects, including integration with the GitHub repository. It will also gain native support for 7-zip and TAR compression formats.
Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows
Microsoft also announced the Snapdragon Dev Kit, a mini PC powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor, priced at $899. It comes with 32 GB RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. It looks similar to a Mac Mini and is meant for developers to build and test native ARM64 apps for Windows 11.
Announcements for developers
Microsoft also made several developer-centric announcements, including GitHub Copilot extensions, featuring GitHub Copilot for Azure. Users can now customise GitHub Copilot using third-party services like Docker and Sentry. Similarly, GitHub Copilot for Azure also allows users to quickly deploy Azure using natural language.
Azure AI Studio is now available for everyone and Microsoft is expanding 20 Responsible AI tools and 90+ features in Azure AI with Azure AI Content Safety. Developers can now access OpenAI’s latest flagship model GPT-4o via Azure AI Studio and as an API. Microsoft is also adding a new Azure virtual machine, powered by a Microsoft custom silicon and it is now the first cloud provider to integrate AMD’s versatile MI300x AI accelerator chip, optimised for GPT-4.
Similarly, Microsoft also unveiled a new AI model – Phi-3-vision, which is a multimodal AI model that can process texts and pictures. This is said to be a small language model (SLM), which can natively run on mobile devices such as laptops with a dedicated NPU. Besides, the company is also making its Edge web browser even smarter, with an ability to translate YouTube videos in real-time. It currently supports languages like Spanish, English, German, Hindi, Italian, and Russian.
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First uploaded on: 22-05-2024 at 13:10 IST
