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And with that, it’s a wrap on this morning’s keynote – we’ll be back for the afternoon session though, which features no less of a special guest than Nvidia CEO and leather jacket enthusiast Jensen Huang.
Lenovo is of course the parent company of Motorola, and we get a quick look at the firm’s efforts to “put AI in your hand”.
Three main areas are the focus, assist, create, and capture – Moto AI looks to cover all of this, from screenshots to packing suggestions and AI hints.
There’s also a look at a proof-of-concept of a rotating laptop that follows users as they walk around a room (say if you were presenting on a seperate whiteboard), as well as a slightly terrifying “AI Brain” that looks to be a smart hub for the whole family.
Then we’re giving a demo of Smart Connect – a service that lets users quickly share and collaborate on work across devices.
The tool can use AI capabilities to enrich your files and images, boosting creativity and productivity for users everywhere.
Rossi announced AI PC Fast Start, a new service to help accelerate and optimize a company’s AI PC journey – getting your business up to speed quickly.
Next on stage is another Microsoft representative – this time Asha Sharma, CVP, Product, AI platform.
She notes that Microsoft has long worked to make sure AI is safe and secure, based on a solid set of frameworks and rules.
“These devices will feel less like tools, and more like usable extensions of ourselves,” Rossi declares.
We’re then given a first look at the new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Aura Edition, combining the convenience of a laptop and a tablet, with smart features and over 18 hours of battery life – launching early 2025.
The partnership between Qualcomm and Lenovo has led to smarter, more flexible computing devices across the board, Amon notes.
Following a video showing a range of use cases, Rossi notes that Lenovo can offer an unmatched set of hybrid capabilities, with a presence in all kinds of devices and ecosystems.
“We are setting the bar,” he notes, welcoming Cristiano Amon, CEO and President of Qualcomm – again by video.
Luca Rossi, EVP of Lenovo’s intelligent devices group, is next up on stage, to focus on devices and solutions.
“Our goal is to create a world where everyone can access technolgoy that makes the world better,” he says.
“We are not just imagining the future – we are inventing it.”
“Our goal is to build and develop AI solutions that solve real problems, and improve lives,” Fisher says.
“We’re unlocking a smarter future with AI solutions that serve everyone, everywhere.”
Next up is Doug Fisher, Lenovo chief security and AI officer, for some reason reporting from the show floor, rather than the stage.
He outlines Lenovo’s pledge to build AI models that are responsible and fair, rooted in privacy, transparency and accountability.
AI products should do no harm, or infringe on rights, he notes.
“The moment is now to push AI into its next era, and Lenovo is in charge,” Kurtoglu declares.
He notes the company’s end-to-end, AI-optimized portfolio, fulled by a commitment to a user-first approach, puts it in a great place – coupled with its innovation alongside big-name partners across the board.
“Smarter AI enhances and unleashes human potential.”
The future of AI is going to be predictive, personalized and proactive, Miller says, with 2024 definitely the year of “multimodal AI”.
Kurtoglu outlines how AI agents are the next step, with continued technical innovation pushing this forward, so that they know you, understand you, and then work for you.
“This is when AI becomes proactive, rather than reactive,” he says – welcoming Allie Miller, CEO of Open machine to the stage.
This is moving to the era of “augmented intelligence”.
The future of AI is not just about digital tools, but also digital companions, he says.
He’s here to talk about unleashing human potential through AI.
“The future of AI is all about enabling humans to do what humans do best,” he says, by providing information via cognitive intelligence, sensory intelligence, and “connectional intelligence”.
“The next 20 years will be about watching these forms of intelligence converge around us,” Kurtoglu declares.
“As we stand on the brink of a new era of AI, we have the opportunity to take on some of the biggest challenges,” Yang notes.
“This is not just a dream, but it is within our grasp,” he says, closing out his part of the speech.
We welcome Dr Tolga Kurtoglu, Lenovo CTO to the stage.
Mixed reality is another key area for Lenovo – so to hear more, here’s Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg…(again only on video)
He’s here to talk about open source AI models, particularly LLama, which he says can be “like the Linux of AI”.
Again, Lenovo showing the power of its partnerships – and Zuck still looks pretty rad too.
With that, Su leaves the stage, and Yang turns to the company’s vision of “smarter AI for all”.
“Lenovo is optimistic about the possibilities presented by AI,” he notes, highlighting a company project that has created “an AI-powered digital twin” of a thousand-year-old wooden pagoda, giving an immersive experience for users everywhere.
Su also notes this is all about an open ecosystem.
“We want an ecosystem that allows everyone to innovate above the base hardware,” she says.
AMD is now supporting over a million models, she notes.
AMD and Lenovo’s partnership is largely in the data center, and Su notes the recent launch of the 5th Gen AMD EPYC hardware – which she unsurprisingly says is the best CPU for cloud, enterprise and AI, and its Instinct MI300X and MI325X accelerators.
“At the end of the day, everyone wants more AI compute”, she notes. “It’s all about getting the best compute to as many users as possible.”
One of its biggest customers is AMD – and chairman and CEO Dr. Lisa Su takes to the stage.
“This is an incredibe time we’re living in today for AI,” she notes. “AI is truly the most important technology I’ve seen in my career.”
Lenovo has announced its 6th generation Neptune liquid cooling solution, which promises major advancements over traditional air-cooling, reducing energy consumption by up to 40%, and 98% of all heat transferred to the water loop.
This all means customers can pursue AI development goals with greater power.
Sustainability is another big focus, with Yang noting the company’s efforts to re-use hardware, but also focus on greener energy, and an R&D focus on design for sustainability.
Now we move on to enterprise AI, with Yang focusing on security and customization alongside productivity and efficiency.
Hybrid infrastructure is needed to support enteprise AI, from client to edge to cloud – all feeding into AI models for trending and inferencing.
The Lenovo AI library will be the key to helping unlock all of this – a suit of ready-to-customize horizontal and vertical solution accelarators.
Lenovo has long worked with Microsoft for Copilot+ PCs – and to hear more, here’s Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (sadly, only on video…)
Sadly, it’s a very brief cameo, but it’s clear the two companies will work closely on AI PCs in the future.
Gelsinger heads off.
Having one personal AI across multiple devices is the Lenovo vision of the future, Yang notes – with AI at the center of everything.
This includes all-new 3D experiences, without needing heavy headsets or clunky kit – more on that to come later.
Yang returns for another mini love-in – it’s clear these two are great buddies.
As a little surprise – Gelsinger shows off the first Panther Lake chip – something to come at CES 2025, no doubt.
Gelsinger says he is (unsurprisingly) a Lenovo Aura Edition PC users – powered by Intel Core Ultra, of course.
This is “a new era of innovation” between the companies, he adds – across not just the PC, but edge, datacenter, IoT and network.
All PCs will be AI PCs by 2030, Gelsinger quotes, with over 20 million AI PCs already shipped.
He notes Intel and Lenovo have done business for decades, with his company helping establish the company as the tech heavyweight it is today.
Gelsinger talks about the x86 advantage, offering customization, compatability and scalabaility, with a new x86 ecosystem advisory group set up just this week with AMD.
Gelsinger says this is “the AI era” – and it’s an incredibly time to be in technology.
He likens it to the initial age of the Internet, with the same impact for users everywhere.
“It will fundamentally change the relationships between people and technology,” he notes, “every person with a PC has AI at their fingertips.”
Yang returns to the stage, and moves towards talking about personalized computing, and devices.
Hardware has never been more important in laptops – and Intel has been a long-term partner for Lenovo, with the two companies collaborating on the Aura Edition PCs.
After a quick demo showing what the Lenovo Smart Share function can do for PC users, it’s time to hear more about the partnership – and Yang welcomes Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger to the stage.
After a few other demos, showcasing how the agent can help content creators, and students studying ahead of university access, it’s clear Lenovo wants the system to have a wide range of use cases.
The company is launching its first AI agent today – Lenovo AI Now. This can bring together all the files, messages and documents you need, bypassing the cloud in order to greatly boost efficiency.
How do we satisfy the raising demand for AI? Yang asks – through partnerships.
Lenovo’s personal AI agent is a good start – looking at a personal knowledge base, connected to an open ecosystem, and access to heterogenous computing.
This is the age of “hybrid AI”, Yang notes – as personal, enterprise and private AI models work together.
Demand for enterprise AI, in particular, has never been higher, he says – bringing together public and private AI models.
“We use the power of AI to preserve the most cherished things,” he notes.
“It’s all about using AI to build a smarter future, together…AI is real, it’s not a fleeting trend or inflated bubble.”
It is already leading to great productivity and efficiency, he adds – now it’s time to reimagine the future for AI.
The lights go down, and Lenovo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yuanqing Yang takes to the stage.
We’re here! Lenovo Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yuanqing Yang will be taking to the stage soon…
We’ve arrived! It’s a chilly morning here, but we’re here nice and early for a tour of the show floor, before the main keynote begins in about two hours time.
Good morning from Seattle, where we’re up and ready for day one of Lenovo Tech World 2024.
We’ll be heading over to the conference shortly, so stay tuned for all the updates today!
Good evening from Seattle – well, actually Bellevue, a lush, green suburb that houses (among other things) the Meydenbauer Convention Center.
Tomorrow, we’ll be there for a keynote from Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang, who has a host of special guests set to join him on stage.
The line-up includes no less than Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, AMD Chair and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Lisa Su, Meta Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg – so you won’t want to miss it!
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