The Vergecast: Big Tech pushes AI-powered laptops, but do users actually want them?
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David Pierce
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Summary
The Vergecast episode discusses the recurring theme from Big Tech companies (Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, Apple) that AI will fundamentally change how we use laptops and computing devices. Nvidia's Jensen Huang described a new kind of laptop and computing paradigm, but the hosts question whether consumers actually want these AI-driven changes. The episode covers Nvidia's RTX Spark chip and announcements from Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and WWDC.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledNvidia's Jensen Huang made that clearer than anyone this week, when he described a completely new way of using our laptops — and a completely new kind of laptop made to support it.
It's all very interesting, but it raises the same question we have around so many AI products: Does anyone actually want this?
We're now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything.
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