Nadella Discusses Surface Laptop Ultra, Windows Safety for AI Agents
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave an exclusive interview about the Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra and the company's plans to make Windows a safer operating system for running AI agents. The interview, conducted by Joanna Stern of The New Things, covers these topics in depth.
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Joanna Stern / The New Things : An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, plans to make Windows a safer OS to run AI agents, and more — My exclusive interview with Satya Nadella on the new Surface Laptop Ultra and Microsoft's plan to make Windows safer for AI agents

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