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Getty and Nvidia bring generative AI to stock photosGetty and Nvidia bring generative AI to stock photos
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
LG is launching a new smart home hub.

The CES 2024 announcement lacked details on how this hub is part of reinventing its ThinQ smart home platform, but it will leverage what CEO William Cho called LG’s “Affectionate Intelligence” to make smart home setup and control easier and more intuitive.

Cho touted its 7 billion devices in people’s homes as its leg up in the AI race, saying LG can leverage “real life data” from your fridge, TV, and all the other LG products out there — with your permission.

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Nvidia’s RTX 4080 Super arrives on January 31st at a more reasonable $999Nvidia’s RTX 4080 Super arrives on January 31st at a more reasonable $999
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
The tool that was used to make Portal with RTX launches in open beta later this month.

RTX Remix, which lets modders update older games with visual upgrades like ray tracing and Nvidia’s DLSS, launches on January 22nd in open beta. It made Portal look incredible, and it’s being used to build a community-developed remaster of Half-Life 2.

Tom Warren
Tom Warren
Twitch is experimenting with 4K and multi-encode livestreaming.

Nvidia, Twitch, and OBS are teaming up on the new enhanced broadcasting feature that will be available in beta later this month. It allows streamers to transmit up to three concurrent streams to Twitch at different resolutions and quality. This allows non-partner / affiliate streamers to broadcast at multiple resolutions and quality levels. Twitch is also experimenting with 4K and AV1 streaming on RTX 40-series GPUs.

You can read more about Twitch’s plans in a blog post and a support page.

Update January 8th, 1:45PM ET: Added additional links from Twitch.

The new enhanced broadcasting feature for Twitch.
The new enhanced broadcasting feature for Twitch.
Image: Nvidia
Nvidia’s GeForce Now is getting cloud G-Sync support and streaming day passesNvidia’s GeForce Now is getting cloud G-Sync support and streaming day passes
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
LG calls its AI solutions “Affectionate Intelligence.”

CEO William Cho said during LG’s CES 2024 presentation today that LG is “redefining” AI that way because the company believes it should be “more caring, empathetic, and understanding.”

An image of LG CEO William Cho standing in front of a screen that says “Affectionate Intelligence.”
“Affectionate” intelligence, eh?
Image: LG
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
LG kicks off a day of big, splashy press conferences at CES.

I’m at LG’s press conference, where I’m hoping to get a first glimpse at the company’s new smart home robot “AI Agent.”

LG has already made a slew of announcements, including the reveal of its transparent TV.

But here’s hoping they have some surprises in store this morning. Because it’s way too early to be subjected to this much bass.

Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Appliance makers are teaming up to reduce your electricity usage — and save you cashAppliance makers are teaming up to reduce your electricity usage — and save you cash
Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations’Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations’
BMW turns inward for CES, announcing new gaming, streaming, AR, and AI featuresBMW turns inward for CES, announcing new gaming, streaming, AR, and AI features
Waymo’s driverless cars are finally ready for the highwayWaymo’s driverless cars are finally ready for the highway
This iPhone fell out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282This iPhone fell out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Get ready to watch LG’s livestream at 11AM ET.

LG announced its CES 2024 lineup already, and it will be less about TVs and much more about AI this year. There will be TVs, though. Plenty of them.

Here’s the livestream, and of course you can keep up with the rest of our CES 2024 coverage right here.

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