While MWC 2024 in Barcelona had the expected unveiling of new chips and interesting phone concepts, this year’s show also featured this year’s hottest tech trend: artificial intelligence. From wearable personal assistants to smart glasses, MWC brought AI to mobile.
Like at CES 2024 in January, there were plenty of exhibitors showing off new AI devices while chipmakers demonstrated how their silicon used generative AI to answer queries in real time. The biggest names in generative AI like ChatGPT and Meta’s Llama 2 rely on vast server farms to respond to user-submitted prompts, but it’s clear that mobile companies are finding ways to bring AI with you on the go.
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Some of these are conventional, like supercharging smartphones with AI features. Others re-exam how we interact with gadgets, like using a wearable to answer queries or controlling your phone with your eyes. While AI has been used in phones for years to clean up photos and assist typing via autocorrect, new AI-powered features are showing what’s possible with accelerated computation and learning models assisting our daily lives.
Here are all the ways CNET saw AI at MWC.
A wearable AI badge
The biggest news for attendees was that attendees finally got a closer look at the Humane AI Pin, which was first revealed in November with more questions than answers. The company behind the pin got deeper into its functionality at MWC 2024: the wearable badge purports to operate like a sort of AI concierge: the wearer asks for directions or makes shopping requests and the gadget responds. It activates via tapping its touchpad, and can project text via a laser (users hold their hand up for the laser to project onto).
While these are tasks that people accomplish with their smartphone, Humane’s creators believe the wearable could be a discrete gadget that helps users without sucking them into more screen time. It’s on hand (or via magnets, pinned to…
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