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If it seems like every other week something important is happening in the AI space — well, that's not too far from the truth. And while it's sometimes difficult to tell which developments are the most significant, the recent release of Chinese developer DeepSeek's model has shaken the AI industry deeply, specifically because the cost to train it was, according to the company, much less than other Western models. That sent American stocks plunging, including those involved in the chip and AI industries.
DeepSeek was also in the news for leaking sensitive information, and because the company's mobile app slurped up user data. But DeepSeek also released its model on GitHub as open source, meaning that others could examine its source code and sanitize it. Microsoft has done just that.
Running DeepSeek isn't as easy as simply navigating to a website, like Google's Gemini or Microsoft's Copilot. Microsoft has released the DeepSeek model to use in the cloud, but it's De
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 What a difference a year makes. When Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 for Business last March, it almost seemed as if the company was giving up on the consumer PC market entirely. Of course, just a few months later, we got the new Surface Pro and Laptop Copilot systems, which was also the debut of Microsoft's AI PC initiative. Now, the company is rounding out its Surface family by updating its Business machines — those meant for corporate customers — with Intel's new Core Ultra 200V AI PC processors. Say hello to the new Intel-equipped Surface Pro (11th Edition) and Surface Laptop (7th Edition) for Business.
If you've been eagerly awaiting a cellular-equipped Surface Laptop, Microsoft also says it'll launch a 5G model later this year. Aside from that, the big change with Intel's new Core Ultra chips is their larger 48 TOPS NPU, which will allow them to handle more complex AI tasks than before. In comparison, the original Core Ultra chips had much smaller 10 TOPS NPUs. The upgrade will particularly relevant for advanced AI features like Windows Recall, which requires a 40 TOPS NPU at the very least (the minimum requirement for all Copilot systems).
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