HP: AI TOPS will plateau, but innovation in AI will continue

You could say we're in the honeymoon phase of an AI PC boom, with AI chip technologies and software in a state of rapid and perpetual improvement in laptops. At least that was the vibe I got at HP's Imagine AI event in New York City last week, where HP personnel were talking up the current AI PC technologies and teasing what's to come in the AI PC space later this year. "This is one of the biggest, most dynamic inflection points I've ever seen in my career. There's stuff on the front burner in the AI category coming soon, even later this year, including even more AI performance in consumer laptops and workstations," said Alex Thatcher, senior director of cloud client and AI experience at HP. "We're also going to see big innovations around AI PC security and you're also going to see a lot of investment in AI PC software. That's AI software development HP is doing in house, but also work we're doing with our independent software vendors (ISVs)," he said.