Introduction

The rollout of the new PC feels like an effort from HP to reduce skepticism surrounding AI laptops — and whether they can actually do more than popular web-based systems.

What Can AI PCs Do?

“All the talk around AI PCs has been ambition and opportunity,” Cho told me, “and now people have been asking us, ‘So what can I do?’”

At an event for journalists, analysts, and industry partners in New York last week, Cho and other HP executives reiterated the message that they want to “make AI real,” which was repeated in marketing materials for the new PCs. And apps like Zoom and an AI-powered DJ software showed off how they benefit from the tech upgrades.

Hands-On Experience

I got some brief hands-on time with one of the new AI-infused laptops, and found it has some helpful work functions, like the ability to create the custom library. Realistically, though, the tools will only be used in concert with cloud-based systems. As I queried HP’s on-device AI companion chatbot, I also had the option of pulling up Microsoft’s Copilot bot, which can search the web.

It all gave me the sense that we’re heading toward a future of work where we’ll have to wade through a variety of different bots with differing capabilities, datasets, and access to the internet.

Security Benefits

“We think it’s going to be a hybrid environment,” Cho told me.

Another benefit of a localized AI is security. Cho pointed out that a law firm that wants to query sensitive documents, or someone parsing through medical records, would rather not have to first upload that information to a cloud-based AI system.

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