AI, 5G and smart homes: Separating fact from fiction at CES 2019

CES 2019 delivered a huge amount of buzz around technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and smart homes, but executives must grasp the nuances at work in each area of technological advancement.

Shelly Palmer has guided thousands of insight-hungry executives on tours of the halls and show floors at CES since the mid-1990s.

And, he believes, the 2019 installment of the annual consumer electronics assembly – which was held by the Consumer Technology Association and attracted over 182,000 attendees and 4,400 exhibitors – reached a new low when it came to the gap between technological hyperbole and tangible value.

“There’s a lot of hype here – more than I’ve ever seen at a CES, to be fair, ever,” said Palmer, the chief executive of The Palmer Group, a strategic advisory, business development...

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