Microsoft executive says Surface Laptop Ultra will be priced up to $5,899

According to Axios, US President Trump will attend an AI science conference on Thursday aimed at promoting the use of “superintelligence” to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. The White House will announce that companies such as AMD, OpenAI, and Anthropic will commit to over $1 billion in industry investments for the "Genesis Mission." Additionally, more than 14 institutions will form computing hubs across 10 southeastern states, including a $1 billion investment in Georgia to provide computing resources for students and university faculty. The National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy will also invest over $100 million to develop AI-driven scientific research tools.

Microsoft (MSFT.US) has announced the price and launch date for its new flagship notebook, the Surface Laptop Ultra, which uses Nvidia chips, and stated that the device outperforms Apple's equivalent products in certain AI tasks. At an event in San Francisco on Wednesday local time, Microsoft executives said that when running local models, the Surface Laptop Ultra returns prompt responses twice as fast as the Apple MacBook Pro M5 and generates videos six times faster than Apple’s similar device. The Surface Laptop Ultra will soon begin shipping, with a starting price of $2,599, approximately $400 less than the entry-level 16-inch MacBook Pro. The new Surface, powered by Nvidia chips, supports both general computing and AI computing. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on stage to discuss the development of this new type of PC chip. Jensen Huang stated: “We have completely reinvented the personal computer.”