Microsoft distances Surface Laptop Ultra from Copilot+ branding amid AI hardware shift (opens in new tab)

Microsoft has notably omitted the Copilot+ PC branding from its latest high-performance hardware, the Surface Laptop Ultra and the Surface RTX Spark Dev Kit. This shift occurs despite the devices meeting or exceeding the technical requirements for the AI-centric label, such as possessing a dedicated NPU and sufficient RAM. The new hardware is instead centered on the NVIDIA RTX Spark platform, which offers significantly higher local AI compute power than standard Copilot+ devices. <a href="