Get ready for an abundance of AI-focused announcements at CES 2024; Find out what’s in store
In 2023, there was a significant increase in generative artificial intelligence, with major companies like Microsoft, Google, and Meta joining the AI competition by introducing their own chatbots and tools. The upcoming Consumer Electronics Show 2024 (CES 2024) is anticipated to feature numerous companies presenting their AI advancements. Samsung has already confirmed the display of its AI-driven refrigerator, while LG plans to unveil its smart home AI. Let’s explore the AI announcements we can anticipate at the event, scheduled to commence on January 9 in Las Vegas.
Artificial intelligence announcements at CES 2024
Samsung: In an announcement on December 27th, Samsung announced that it will introduce a customized 4-door Flex refrigerator with AI Family Hub at CES 2024. There are AI-powered cameras inside the fridge, and Samsung claims it can check the user’s available ingredients and recommend personalized recipes that can be prepared with it. It can recognize up to 33 different types of fresh food based on a predefined training data set consisting of approximately one million food images. In addition to that, it can also monitor the state of the refrigerator’s water filter and warn when the filter needs to be replaced.
LG
1. Smart Home AI: A report from Interesting Engineering revealed that the consumer tech company is showing off its AI agent, which is the key to LG’s Smart Home. It is a bipedal robot that acts as an interactive assistant and is equipped with a voice and visual interface and is able to converse with the user. It also seamlessly controls various smart home appliances and IoT devices. In addition, it also monitors the environment, including real-time temperature and air quality. The device is imagined as a robot pet that can move and control the smart home and act as a home guard.
2. LG AI TV: A Tom’s Guide report suggests that LG may unveil a 98-inch QNED TV with AI picture updates at CES 2024. The company uses the A8 AI processor in the TV, the report claims. This allows QNED TV to deeply learn the faces, objects and backgrounds of a scene to enrich the texture and finer details. LG says the TV is also capable of enhancing the visual experience with “accurate HDR optimization to deliver three-dimensional image quality.”
Nvidia
Nvidia has revealed in a blog post that it will also bring AI innovations to CES 2024. The most significant of these announcements is generative artificial intelligence. Not much is known about it, but some reports have mentioned that it could be the company’s first AI chatbot. In addition, the company organizes several sessions on artificial intelligence gaming, robotics and business tools powered by artificial intelligence.
Other possible announcements
We don’t have details on these, but several reports have highlighted that CES 2024 will see AI tools and features in many consumer technologies. Some of these include AI-powered wearable health trackers, AI-powered robots that can assist doctors in surgery, self-driving cars, next-generation generative AI chatbots, several sessions dedicated to the ethical use of AI, privacy and work. transition and more.
