Microsoft previews next era of trustworthy AI agents and Surface Laptop Ultra

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the Windows team previewed the next era of the operating system, including more trustworthy AI agents, the Surface Laptop Ultra, and Nvidia-powered laptops and PCs for creators and developers. The presentation covered Agent 365, Microsoft IQ and Copilot, Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) for agent containment, Microsoft Defender agent security, MAI Code 1.1 Flash with local model compression, and Copilot Autopilot for autonomous file and email workflows. Hardware announcements included the Surface Laptop Ultra with a magnetic USB-C port, the Surface RTX Spark DevBox, an RTX Spark laptop ecosystem spanning Lenovo, ASUS, Dell, MSI and HP, and NVIDIA DGX Station for Windows.

Watch Microsoft https://mashable.com/category/microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the Windows https://mashable.com/category/windows team introduce the next era for the OS, including more trustworthy AI https://mashable.com/category/artificial-intelligence agents, the Surface Laptop Ultra and Nvidia https://mashable.com/category/nvidia -powered laptops https://mashable.com/category/laptops and PCs for creators and developers. Read more about Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra: Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra is an AI supercomputer dressed as a laptop https://mashable.com/tech/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra Microsoft created a magnetic USB-C port, and you need to see it for yourself https://mashable.com/tech/microsoft-surface-laptop-ultra-magnetic-usb-c-port Timecode chapters 0:00 Introduction: Agent 365, Microsoft IQ and Copilot 1:22 Microsoft Execution Containers MXC and agent containment 2:32 Agent identity, observability and enterprise management 3:32 Microsoft Defender agent security and risk containment 4:58 Hybrid intelligence and local model execution 5:45 MAI Code 1.1 Flash and local model compression 6:34 New Windows 11 taskbar search and quick actions 7:45 Copilot app integration and native app creation 9:10 Copilot Autopilot: Autonomous file and email workflows 11:00 Surface Laptop Ultra announcement and performance 11:56 NVIDIA RTX Spark and gaming announcements 12:20 Surface Laptop Ultra hardware specs and magnetic USB-C 13:48 Surface RTX Spark DevBox and pre-orders 14:13 RTX Spark laptop ecosystem Lenovo, ASUS, Dell, MSI, HP 15:10 NVIDIA DGX Station for Windows and desk-side AI performance Video credits Producer: Stephen Beacham Video editor: Stephen Beacham Thumbnail designer: Jeffrey Hazelwood