The first major tech event of the new year kicks off next week in Las Vegas.

The Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, brings together the biggest names in the industry and helps set the tone for the year.

This year, no question, AI will again be in the spotlight.

Our Dear Jibosa has more on what to expect in today's tech check segment.

I don't have to tell you, Jim Kramer is very excited for Jensen's keynote,

Jensen Wong of NVIDIA's keynote on Monday. As we all are, and Sarah, you said it, AI is in the

spotlight again, but the stakes this time, they're higher than ever, this as users and investors

alike, are looking beyond the hype for those real world applications.

Now, the elements are there.

As Sarah just said, kicking off the conference is Nvidia CEO and AI Kingmaker himself,

Jensen Huang.

During his keynote Monday in Vegas, he is likely to give a broad overview of the market and

where we are at.

Industry watchers, they are expecting a key GPU upgrade with the RTX 5,000 series.

That's based on the new Blackwell architecture that you've likely heard a lot about.

InVitya shares are up nearly 7% over just the last session in a bit in anticipation of that keynote.

Now, for the industry at large, the pressure is on for actual use cases like agents and

devices beyond smart toasters and smart refrigerators, which seem to have become a staple of

CS. People want more, though, especially as last year's high-profile AI releases, they

ultimately underwhelmed. There was the R1 device from Rabbit and the Humane

pin. I don't know if you remember those, but both of them flopped. AI PCs, they were everywhere

too, but shipments dipped last year and lackluster growth for the PC industry is expected this

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