"Moments at the conference that in past years would include mentions of AI - such as Jensen Huang's opening day keynote - were completely consumed by it. After a 15-second pre-roll of some eye-popping video game scenes, NVIDIA's CEO spoke for nearly two hours, said nothing about gaming, launched Vera Rubin silicon for AI training and inference, and framed it all as more relevant to financial analysts than the assembled press."
"Huang also launched Alpamayo, a "one size fits all" platform for autonomous vehicles, which - as Jensen has claimed for about a decade - are just around the corner. Market leaders Waymo and Zoox have made strides toward autonomy - though both still need copious amounts of human oversight. Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius joined a pre-show panel to tout the new Mercedes CLA - running Alpamayo - but it's got issues. Autonomous vehicles continue to be something that, as the mirror says, looks closer than it appears."
Vendors at CES labeled a wide array of consumer devices "AI-enabled" while minimizing their immaturity and downsides. Companies promoted AI toothbrushes and AI toilets promising health insights from photos of gums, often without addressing privacy. Major moments traditionally linked to gaming were consumed by AI, with NVIDIA focusing on AI silicon, training, inference, and financial applications. NVIDIA launched Alpamayo as a one-size-fits-all autonomous driving platform despite longstanding claims that autonomy is imminent. Market leaders like Waymo and Zoox still require substantial human oversight, and Mercedes's Alpamayo-running CLA showed ongoing issues. Domestic robots were widely demonstrated but remain inadequate for reliable household tasks. Some notable innovations avoided AI and made more modest claims.
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