At Build 2026, Microsoft unveiled its vision for the future of computing in the era of AI : A platform that exists liminally between devices and the cloud, capable of agentic capabilities and being always available to assist you in the flow of work. …
… The Surface Laptop Ultra is built to handle AI agents. It will be available with up to 128GB of RAM and is the first Surface to be built on the NVIDIA RTX Spark platform. …
… The newly announced Web IQ grounds agents to the latest information available. Microsoft also announced an always-on personal work agent called "Scout," an entire family of AI models, and all the remaining pieces to create a full pipeline from building agents to users relying on those agents. …
… Why you should care about agents AI agents automate the boring part of using a PC. When they have enough data and context, agents can act like personal assistants built specifically for you, not just generic AI tools. …
… This inward airflow design and a built-in dust filter help maintain CPU efficiency during long rendering sessions or intensive 3D work. Local AI and the Zenni Claw Agent A major theme of this announcement is the new wave of agents. For casual readers, "containment" is a concept you need to know. …
… At Build 2026, Microsoft will discuss Windows agents AI assistants that can perform actions on your behalf . Microsoft will also demonstrate how agents can be used to build modern Windows applications and how AI can help port Windows apps to run natively on ARM. …
… Microsoft notes that this integration is first coming to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, where the Research agent can now show live progress while generating a report. You only have to hover over the AI agent in the Taskbar to check the progress. …
… Local AI and the need for Containment Getting into the weeds a bit, you start to see that this laptop is aimed very much at AI development and AI workloads. For instance, a major theme of this announcement is the new wave of agents . …
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… MICROSOFT Flashback From our archives: A decade ago Microsoft was already testing a Bing “concierge bot,” an early take on the AI agents Google is only now announcing. …