Forbes January 10, 2025
For me, CES 2025 will be marked forever by the Los Angeles fires, which sent many of us scrambling home with the show half over to experience the terrifying firestorm with loved ones. Today, the power is back on, the air is still, and the sky blue, a stark contrast to the destruction just five miles east of us. The winds will be back next week. In the meantime, I’ve managed to write up my hot take on this year’s edition of the world’s biggest trade show, which was attended by 140,000 people in 2024. It didn’t feel that big this year, but official numbers won’t be available for some time.
This year’s CES was all about AI—or at least,...