AI goes mainstream as ‘AI PCs’ hit the market

A Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge laptop with Microsoft Copilot PC at a Best Buy store in Union City, California, US, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Microsoft Corp.'s Copilot PCs, the firm's new AI Windows laptops, go on sale at Best Buy Co stores starting Tuesday. — Bloomberg

TORONTO, Canada: A new line of PCs specially made to run artificial intelligence programs hit stores on June 18 as tech companies push toward wider adoption of ChatGPT-style AI.

Microsoft in May announced the new AI-powered personal computers, or “AI PCs”, which will use the company’s software under the Copilot Plus brand.