Microsoft Build, Microsoft’s biggest event of the year, is on the horizon. It’s scheduled to start May 19 at the Seattle Convention Center, and it’ll run through May 22.
The keynote address featuring Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CTO Kevin Scott will take place May 19 at 9:05 a.m. PT. That’ll be followed by a deep dive with executives Charles Lamanna (CVP of business and industry Copilot) and Scott Guthrie (EVP of cloud and AI) on May 20 at 9 a.m. PT.
Both presentations will be streamed live online for free.
As for what to expect from Build, in particular the keynote, Microsoft will surely talk about its Copilot family of AI-powered products. The company is aggressively integrating AI into its software and services, aiming to make it a major revenue driver.
Suggesting that it’s eager to boost its AI profits sooner rather than later, Microsoft recently bundled Copilot into its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans and increased the price by 30%.
In recent weeks, Microsoft has added “deep research” tools to Copilot and enabled Copilot to browse the web and perform actions on a user’s behalf. It has also reportedly ramped up internal R&D efforts to compete with OpenAI, its increasingly tenuous partner, by developing its own powerful AI models to power Copilot. Copilot is currently dependent on OpenAI models.
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Kyle Wiggers
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