10 ways AI is being used in laptops in 2024

We’re all aware that AI or artificial intelligence is here to stay, that its capabilities are expected to touch every area of our lives in some fashion, and that work as we know it is expected to fundamentally transform. We’ve seen what ChatGPT can do, gotten a glimpse of Microsoft’s CoPilot+, Apple Intelligence, Google’s Gemini, and so much more. And today, we’re seeing AI-branded laptops entering the market.

What can we do with these AI PCs, though? How are they different from regular laptops? To understand this better, let’s take a closer look at what AI is doing for you on your laptops.

10 ways AI is being used in Laptops

1. Background blur

2. Noise reduction

3. Create better crafts

4. Making sense of data

5. Better emails

6. Better presentations

7. Meeting summaries

8. Image enhancement

9. Neural filters in Photoshop

10. Better video editing

1. Background blur

If you’ve ever used background blur during a Zoom call or Teams meeting, you’ve used an AI feature that’s running off your laptop.

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Normally, this process takes up a lot of resources, but AI PCs have a dedicated chip called an NPU for processing AI workloads, and this NPU can handle tasks like background blur with ease. This also applies to background replacements.

2. Noise reduction

Like background blur, noise reduction for audio blurs out or eliminates distracting background audio and focuses the conversation only on your voice. This again is only possible because of AI.

3. Create better drafts

In Word, you can use AI to create drafts of ideas, proposals, and more using just a prompt. AI is also used to proofread your writing as well to adjust tone and wording.

4. Making sense of data

In Excel, AI assistants now help summarise and interpret data more easily.

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This is useful when you’re dealing with a large volume of data and need a quick and easy summary to share with others.

5. Better emails

If you use Outlook on your laptop, AI integration means that tools like CoPilot can help you answer emails by helping you draft suitable replies.

6. Better presentations

PowerPoint is where AI can truly shine. Not only does AI help to proof your content here, it can also intelligently suggest layouts, styles, images, and clipart based on the content of your slides. AI is a very powerful and useful tool here.

7. Meeting summaries

A lot of team meetings run on Microsoft Teams, and if you use the service, AI can be used to perform tasks like taking intelligent notes, tracking the conversation to suggest better replies, throw up relevant data when needed, and more.

8. Image enhancement

This feature uses AI to enhance images saved on your device or captured from the laptop’s webcam.

9. Neural filters in Photoshop

Apps like Photoshop are now making better use of on-device AI to provide more functionality. Photoshop, for example, features a suite of neural filters that use AI to perform tasks like recolouring old photos, automatic scratch removal, image enhancement, and more.

10. Better video editing

Professional video editing apps like Adobe Premiere Pro and Da Vinci Resolve use AI to improve the accuracy of object tracking masks, better colour reproduction, and more.

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AI is doing a lot more work in our everyday lives than we realise. From more professional looking meetings, to enhanced communication, AI has a role to play everywhere, and it’s with good reason that laptops today are now coming with dedicated AI processors.