A snowball effect in personal tech: Looking ahead into 2024

Part of the speed at which personal technology is evolving has to do with need, but much of it is pure momentum. Early 2024 will see the release of the first laptops powered by Intel’s new, consumer-focused Core Ultra chips. Canva Magic Studio, the Adobe Firefly generator, and Anthropic’s Claude chatbot illustrate a growing number of tools and use-cases that will welcome optimised AI performance. A whole separate generation of AI-focused chips is being readied, meanwhile, for developers of AI’s founding blocks: the large language models. The Apple iPad may face its toughest competition yet, if evolving refinement of last year’s OnePlus Pad and Xiaomi Pad 6 provides a springboard.