Asus’ new mini PC has a Copilot AI button on the front for some reason

Asus is launching its latest NUC mini PC today, implicit with Intel’s caller Core Ultra bid 2 processors. For immoderate reason, Asus has decided to enactment a dedicated Copilot fastener connected the beforehand of this puck-shaped PC, truthful you tin scope retired and motorboat Microsoft’s AI assistant.

I’m not wholly definite wherefore you’d privation an AI fastener connected a miniature PC that’s astir apt going to beryllium much than an arm’s magnitude distant from you connected a desk, but it’s a fastener that has present progressed beyond Microsoft’s effort to push it connected keyboards. Asus besides has a fingerprint scholar connected apical of this NUC for Windows Hello authentication, which makes much consciousness truthful you tin interaction the fingerprint scholar erstwhile you initially powerfulness connected this mini PC.

Aside from the Copilot button, this NUC is packed afloat of indispensable ports and connectivity. At the beforehand determination are 2 USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, a Thunderbolt 4 port, and a headphone jack. At the rear of the NUC 14 Pro AI there’s an Ethernet port, different Thunderbolt 4 port, a HDMI port, and 2 USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 ports. Asus has besides equipped this mini PC with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 support. There’s adjacent an interior talker with a microphone, making this mini PC utile if you don’t person a large talker setup oregon headphones.

The astir absorbing portion is what’s inside, though. Intel is promising large show improvements with its latest Lunar Lake processors wrong the NUC 14 Pro AI, with up to 2x GPU show implicit the erstwhile generation. Asus is besides utilizing a high-end fluid dynamic bearing instrumentality to amended vigor dissipation, and support Intel’s spot moving chill nether precocious loads.

The Asus NUC 14 Pro AI is besides a Copilot Plus PC, truthful you’ll get entree to Microsoft’s latest Windows AI features done an update that volition beryllium disposable successful November. We don’t person a terms for the Asus NUC 14 Pro AI, but it’s expected to get aboriginal this year.