HP wants your next work PC to be an AI assistant

With the rapid rise of autonomous agents like OpenClaw and Anthropic's Claude Work, along with the wide range of opinions about their impact on the future of work, it is not surprising to see renewed interest in workplace PCs. Add to that Intel's recent release of commercial vPro versions of its Core Ultra 3 CPUs (Panther Lake), and the result is a timely wave of business PC news.

HP has timed this to roll out a broad update across its commercial lineup during its annual HP Imagine event. The company introduced refreshed ProBook and EliteBook notebooks, ZBook mobile workstations, Z-series desktops, and a mix of supporting software and services, all framed around the evolving role of PCs in modern work environments. HP also pointed to survey data underscoring how critical reliable PCs and printers remain for productivity.

Most of HP's new commercial systems are built around Intel ...