New Delhi, April 26 -- Three months after releasing an advertisement for its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop hardware, Microsoft has revealed that it was made using generative AI.

The minute-long ad, which had gone live three months ago in January, did not catch anyone's eyes as being AI-generated.

In a blog post published on Wednesday by Microsoft Design, senior design communications manager Jay Tan revealed that earlier this year, the Visual Design team was tasked with making an ad for Microsoft's Surface Pro and Surface Laptop for Business Copilot+ PCs. The challenge was that it had to be delivered within a month.

As the team wondered how to navigate through such a tight deadline, the idea of creating an ad using generative AI.

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