Tech Tent goes to CES
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Tech Tent is in Las Vegas, in the US, for CES, one of the world' s biggest and most important tech shows. We discuss the future of VR, and the ethics of AI - and meet the exhibitors hoping they've invented the next big thing. And Silicon Valley reporter James Clayton joins Zoe to take the temperature of the industry after a bumpy year in 2022.
(Photo: Attendees at CES. Credit: Robyn BECK/AFP)
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| 0:38.5 | Welcome to a special edition of TechTent coming this week from CES in Las Vegas. |
| 0:43.9 | It's the biggest in-person CES since the pandemic began, but that's not the only reason |
| 0:48.8 | the timing is interesting. This giant exhibition stuffed with new gadgets and innovations taking place against a backdrop of |
| 0:56.1 | tough times for big tech, with layoffs falling ad revenue and the ongoing chip wars. |
| 1:02.2 | We'll get into some of those big themes later, but first of all, let's hear from some of the people |
| 1:06.1 | who've come here to showcase the tech they hope will be the next big thing. Starting with American TV baking champion Jackie Joseph, who's working with the US giant |
| 1:16.1 | General Electric on a mission to make baking better. |
| 1:22.4 | Tonight I am fixing together some French macarons, but we're really here to showcase the GE Appliances |
| 1:28.8 | new mixer. It's their new smart mixer. |
| 1:31.6 | What is the question about? |
| 1:33.1 | Oh, it's integrating technology. It's really just taking your home, traditional, and even |
| 1:38.6 | professional mixers to a new level. It's integrating a scale, timer, smart sense technology. |
| 1:46.8 | There's so many attributes to the mixer that's new |
| 1:50.0 | and it's going to be something that's going to help the homemaker |
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