# Best Buy Discounts Copilot+ AI Laptops, But Your Kids' Data Is the Real Price

> Source: <https://dissenter.com/economy/best-buy-discounts-copilot-ai-laptops-but-your-kids-data-is-the-real-p>
> Published: 2026-07-27 14:40:32+00:00

Best Buy is hawking Microsoft's Copilot+ AI laptops to back-to-school families at discounts up to $730 — but nobody in the press is telling you these machines are always-on data harvesters built to vacuum up your children's information.

The retailer kicked its back-to-school push into high gear with Copilot+ PCs priced as low as $329.99, according to 9to5Toys, which covered the sale as straight consumer deals. The machines run on AMD's Ryzen AI 400-series and Intel's Core Ultra Series 3