This keyboard redesign is the biggest change to PC keyboards since Microsoft introduced the special Windows key in the 1990s.
advertisementAs Microsoft uses its influence in the computer industry to reimagine the next generation of keyboards, pressing a button will be one way to summon an artificial intelligence agent.
Starting this month, some new personal computers running Microsoft's Windows operating system will come with a special key that launches the software giant's AI chatbot. co-pilot.
Letting third-party computer manufacturers add an AI button to laptops is Microsoft's latest move to leverage its close partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI and position itself as a gateway for applications of generative AI technology. It's movement.
“This will not only simplify and further expand people's computing experience, making 2024 the year of the AI PC.” Yusuf Mehdi said.Executive Vice President and Consumer Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft.
Although most people now connect to the Internet and AI applications on phones rather than computers, this is expected to be an intense competition as technology companies are still competing to dominate AI applications. It's a symbolic kickoff to the new year. All ethical and legal implications have been resolved.
Last month's New York Times sued both OpenAI and Microsoft Tools like ChatGPT and Copilot (formerly known as Bing Chat) claim to have been built by infringing copyrighted news articles.
This keyboard redesign is the biggest change to PC keyboards since Microsoft introduced the special Windows key in the 1990s.
Although Microsoft's four-square logo design has evolved, this key has been featured on Windows-oriented keyboards for nearly 30 years.
The latest AI button has a ribbon-like Copilot logo and is located near the space bar. On some computers it replaces the right “CTRL” key, on others it replaces the Menu key.
Microsoft isn't the only company with customized keys. Apple pioneered this concept in his 1980s with the “Command” key marked with a looped square design (at one time also displaying his Apple logo).
Google includes a search button on Chromebooks and first experimented with AI-specific keys to launch its voice assistant on the now-discontinued Pixelbook.
However, Microsoft has greater control over the PC market through licensing agreements with third-party manufacturers such as Lenovo, Dell, and HP.
Roughly 82 percent of all desktop computers, laptops and workstations run Windows, compared with 9 percent for Apple's internal operating system and just over 6 percent for Google, according to market research firm IDC.
Microsoft hasn't yet said which computer manufacturers will include the Copilot button beyond its own premium Surface devices.
According to the report, some companies plan to announce new models at the CES Gadget Show in Las Vegas next week, with sales starting in late February and starting in the spring.
