Critical Year for Artificial Intelligence

2017 will also be on making it easy for consumers to use their smart home products – and AI will be a key enabler. There will be an uptick in development in AI, particularly in enhancing voice control capabilities. 2016 marked a major step forward in AI development as more global technology giants like Apple and Facebook stepped up to share their learnings in AI research.

Technology companies like Alphabet, Samsung and Amazon are also investing in hiring experts from academia and snapping up artificial intelligence companies, such as Samsung’s recent acquisition of Viv Labs. 2017 will be about them integrating these capabilities into their products and generating a return on their investment. LG’s recent integration of its deep learning technology in several of its smart home appliances to better understand its users’ behaviour, thus driving greater automation of its appliances, provides a preview of what is to come in 2017.