China is already putting AI in everything from cars to bird feeders
- Jan 16
- 1 min read
Amid the keynote speeches and product unveilings at CES this month, the Las Vegas electronics trade show delivered an important geopolitical message: Chinese companies are rapidly embedding artificial intelligence into a sprawling collection of real-world products, taking the AI rivalry between Washington and Beijing from chatbots and image generators into the realm of robots, automobiles and consumer products.
Chinese players were omnipresent with quirky, AI-infused offerings in Nevada.
A startup called Glyde showed off a smart hair clipper promising to deliver perfect fade cuts without a trip to the barber.
Another unveiled an AI bird feeder that can take closeups of visiting avians. SwitchBot, one of many companies based in the manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, offered up its Kata stress toy, a cuddly companion with flappy arms that is supposed to read user emotions and respond with appropriate happiness, sadness or jealousy.
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