Monday, January 15, 2018

CES 2018 buzzword of the show: AI

The biggest buzzword at the CES 2018 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas last week was AI, or artificial intelligence. Hands down. No question.
Every year after CES, I choose the buzzword or marketing term most bandied about by companies exhibiting at the show. This year that word was AI, or artificial intelligence.
All of the major consumer electronics vendors, including LG, Samsung and Sony, talked about adding AI to their products to make them smarter, more predictive and more useful. AI also played into such CES topics as autonomous vehicles and smart cities. Chipmakers Intel and Nvidia hyped AI as well.

CES buzzwords through the years:

2010: Green
2011: Smart
2012: Ultra
2013: Super
2014: Curved
2015: Wearable
2016: HDR (high dynamic range)
2017: Voice
2018: AI (artificial intelligence)

Photos: CES 2018 booths for Intel (top) and Huawei. (Patrick Seitz)


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