Deutsche Telekom released a rather interesting press release. The company seems to have developed a new concept smartphone. Deutsche Telekom says that it developed an app-free, AI-focused smartphone, essentially.
Deutsche Telekom is bringing an AI-focused, app-free concept phone to MWC 2024
We will get to see this device at MWC 2024 in Barcelona later this month. The device has been developed in collaboration with Qualcomm and Brain.ai. An AI assistant is meant to replace apps on the phone, basically.
Based on Deutsche Telekom’s statement, this AI assistant will “understand your goals and take care of the details”. So your voice commands are essentially supposed to get this AI assistant to do things for you.
It’s supposed to be able to conduct various tasks you ask of him, including planning trips, shopping, and even creating video clips, and editing images for you, if that’s what you need. This does sound great, but we wonder how well will it work considering the scope of actions you can do via your phone.
Now, Deutsche Telekom also says that it’s creating an interface where this AI assistant would be able to predict the next task you may ask of it. Needless to say, the AI aspect is powered by Brain.ai, one of Deutsche Telekom’s partners.
The cloud will play a huge part in how this device functions
All the smarts will be conducted in the cloud, so it shouldn’t put a strain on the phone itself. That would open the possibility of cheaper devices to use this technology.
So, yes, the technology will be demonstrated at MWC 2024, including some prototype phones. Those are not finished products, not at all. In fact, Deutsche Telekom was careful to state that the finished product would take some time to arrive.
Needless to say, this is a big challenge, and many would say that AI is simply not there yet. It will be interesting to see this device(s) in action, that’s for sure.
2024-02-16 15:06:33