Windows and the AI Platform Shift – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Microsoft argued there is an AI platform shift, and the fact that Windows is interesting again — and that Apple is facing AI-related questions for its newest products — is evidence that is correct.…

Windows and the AI Platform Shift – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Skip to content Windows and the AI Platform Shift Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Microsoft’s Build developer conference has a bit of an odd history, which I recounted in a 2016 Update : the conference was born in 2011 as a showcase for a completely new approach to Windows, but by its second iteration it had already become a symbol of corporate infighting and dysfunction. The next three iterations were mostly forgettable in their focus on Windows and Windows Phone. The turning point came in 2017; I wrote in another Update : La

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