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Copilot gets its own key on Microsoft’s new Surface devices


We’re still a month or so out from Build, but Microsoft is doing a bit of a trial run this week in the form of an online-only event. What’s been billed as

A pair of refreshes to the Surface line announced at the event are, predictably, putting the software giant’s chatbot front and center. In a post published this morning, Surface general manager Nancie Gaskill writes, “The new Copilot key on Surface Laptop 6 makes accessing the power of AI even easier, with a quick button press to invoke Copilot in Windows to help customers to plan their day, find a document using natural text, analyze a website and more with commercial data protection built in.” While such language ultimately matters very little to the consumer at the end of the day, “optimized for AI” strikes a healthy balance of riding the new trend without overpromising.

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