That’s what Microsoft CTO and EVP of AI Kevin Scott said last year at Build, just as the company was unveiling its AI tools. “I want to thank you all for the great shit that you’ve made over the past year,” says Scott, as he steps onstage at Build 2024.
We’ve all made a typo, but I do love them during huge keynotes. Thankfully for Microsoft, it looks like even if you make spelling mistakes when using the new AI-powered Recall feature, it’ll still find that orange couch for you 😉
Microsoft’s Windows chief, Pavan Davuluri, is discussing the company’s new push to get developers to build AI apps on Windows. He argues Windows is the most open platform for AI, just hours after announcing a new Windows Copilot Runtime that sets the stage for the next decade of Windows app development.
Pavan Davuluri had a busy day announcing new Arm-based Surface devices yesterday and a big push to bring more AI-powered experiences and apps to Windows. The Windows and Surface chief is now onstage at Microsoft Build to discuss Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PCs and Windows AI.
Microsoft is making some improvements to Teams aimed at developers. You can now paste source code inside Teams with syntax formatting. There’s even co-editing with Loop, better keyboard shortcuts, and custom emoji.
Microsoft’s Jeff Teper, head of collab apps and platforms, is walking the Build audience through the company’s new Copilot connectors and extensions. They’re designed for businesses to extend the AI assistant to their line of business apps and add data from public websites, SharePoint, OneDrive, and more.
Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s head of experiences and devices, is up next at Build to discuss everything Copilot. It’s largely a recap so far, but there’s a lot of new Copilot features on the way.
Microsoft’s new Team Copilot feature will allow the assistant to manage meeting agendas and notes, moderate lengthy team chats, or help assign tasks and track deadlines in Microsoft Planner. It’s part of a new wave of agent capabilities for Copilot that you can read more about right here.
