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Microsoft is hosting its annual Build developer conference next week from May 19 to 22 . The case is guaranteed to include announcements regarding new AI integrations , inspection and repair , and apps , including for Windows .
At last twelvemonth ’s Build , Microsoft herald an integrating ofCopilot into Microsoft Teams , Copilot+ AI - powered PC , Windows Volumetric Appsfor Meta Quest headsets , and more .
Thekeynotes will be rain cats and dogs onlinefor free . As for what to require , there is good reason to believe Microsoft will announce deeper desegregation for its Copilot productive AI with many of its software system oblation , both on the consumer and enterprise side .
The company last Novemberraised prices for many of its software package products , including Windows 365 , Office 365 , and Microsoft 365 , among many others , by 5 % . To absolve these increment , the company could introduce new AI - powered features and capabilities .
Copilot is likely to be a headliner at Build , and big changes to it could be on the way . Microsoft isreportedly testing option AI modelsfrom xAI , Meta , Anthropic , and DeepSeek as potential replacements for OpenAI engineering in Copilot as the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAIbecomes strained .
On Windows , Copilot could gain “ agentic ” functionality that let the technical school to perform basic PC tasks autonomously . Well - know leaker TestingCatalogfound referencesto an Action clit in the co-pilot customer for Windows that , when selected , can complain off certain “ everyday tasks . ”
Microsoft is alsosaid to have developed a kinfolk of modelscalled MAI that are free-enterprise with OpenAI ’s own , which the technical school giant is considering offering through an API . Build may well cease up being the locus where Microsoft decides to unveil these .
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The company could also announce a follow - up to itsAzure Maia 100 AI Accelerator , a custom AI chip for Microsoft ’s Azure cloud service . hearsay of a “ Maia 2 ” bubble up on societal medium last week;chipmaker Marvell is contracted to manufacture it , according to semiconductor unit analyst Ray Wang .
