Microsoft debuts Copilot+ PCs with AI features

Sparring partners: The Copilot PC at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft is betting a new generation of computers with specialsed AI chips and faster performance will revive the rivalry between Windows PCs and Apple’s Mac. — Bloomberg

SEATTLE: Microsoft debuted a new category of personal computers (PCs) with artificial intelligence (AI) features as it rushes to build the emerging technology into products across its business and compete with Alphabet and Apple .

At an event on its campus in Redmond, Washington, chief executive Satya Nadella introduced what Microsoft calls “Copilot+” PCs, said it and a range of manufacturers would sell them, including Acer and Asustek Computer.