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Global Smartphone Giants Embrace AI: Unveiling AI-Enabled Mobile Devices
At the onset of this year, Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy S24, the world’s first smartphone embedded with Generative AI (GenAI). This marked the start of fierce competition in the AI mobile device sector, prompting other leading smartphone brands to introduce their AI-enabled devices and systems. Amidst speculation about the iPhone 16’s updates and AI strategy, 2024 has been dubbed the “Year of AI Mobile Device.” Keeping pace, Apple, at its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), revealed its innovative Apple Intelligence and On-Device AI technologies, integrating GenAI functionalities across text, images, and Siri. These innovations bolstered Apple’s market presence and ignited discussions across investor and industry circles, opening new perspectives on enhancing efficiency and securing data.
The Crucial Role of On-Device AI Technology in Modern Enterprise
The tech world has been abuzz recently with discussions about the long-term availability and market penetration of AI chips, leading to comprehensive evaluations and varied applications of this technology. A significant trend of 2024, On-Device AI, has shifted focus from “Cloud AI” to “On-Device AI.” This technology minimises network latency by incorporating AI computational power directly within devices, diminishing the need to transfer sensitive data to the cloud. This greatly reduces data breach risks while enhancing security and processing speeds. Looking forward, On-Device AI is set to be a pivotal technological advancement, offering more convenient, faster, and more efficient AI experiences. It simplifies workflows and commands, automates repetitive tasks, and delivers profound business insights through data analysis, aiding enterprises in making more informed decisions. Businesses can now tailor AI for specific tasks and deploy it on mobile devices, bypassing the extensive and costly training of large language models (LLMs). This optimises cost-effectiveness and broadens application scenarios.
Benefits of Apple Intelligence: Enhancing Data Privacy and Facilitating the New Norm of Mobile Work
The fusion of AI with mobile devices is shaping the future of office work, poised to become integral to our daily activities. This offers new prospects and motivation within the Hong Kong business sphere to find innovative solutions and leverage AI for creative change in the challenging economic climate. By boosting efficiency, securing data, and providing personalised experiences, companies can confidently employ GenAI to enhance operational effectiveness and responsiveness – key to successful digital transformation. The business sector is optimistic about the AI era’s prospects, anticipating the flourishing of myriad AI applications across industries, assisting humanity in “amplifying” or “unlocking” more professional capabilities in wider social contexts. Anticipated future Apple devices are expected to integrate new technologies further, providing more robust AI functionalities and creating new opportunities.
Source: Steve Ng's Editorial on eDigest, 30 Jul 2024. Translated by 1O1O Corporate Solutions.