The Latest Products Getting an AI-Powered Upgrade

If it plugs in, connects online, or has a screen, there's a good chance there is an “AI-powered” version coming. From job hunting and cooking to music creation and video games, companies are racing to bake artificial intelligence into their newest offerings. Some are mind-blowing and others… maybe just mildly helpful. But the trend is clear: AI is going mainstream and becoming embedded into 21st-century human life.

Recent AI-powered products of note:

• 🤖 Google launched Astra, a conversational AI agent designed to observe, respond, and assist across devices. Its rollout joins an already confusing lineup of Gemini, DeepMind, Bard (RIP), and more Google services with AI more deeping embedded into them..
  
   “Google’s branding is in shambles,” writes The Verge, but Astra and the other AI-powered products show real promise.
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• 💼 LinkedIn is quietly testing an AI job coach, offering personalized resume rewrites and guidance to help users better understand job descriptions. Will Premium finally be worth the cost?
  
   “It’s a little like ChatGPT with a career counselor’s badge.”
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• 🥗 Samsung’s smart fridge now suggests Jamie Oliver-approved AI recipes, making meal prep feel more like a cooking show and adapting to food allergies and preferences.
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• 🎧 Obsidian Neural Sound Engine is a music plugin that lets you shape and remix sounds using text prompts—turning “warm vinyl grit” or “cyberpunk cello” into actual audio output.
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• 🎮 Namco and startup Arkade are bringing back Time Crisis and House of the Dead style games with an AI-powered light gun that works on modern TVs with no sensor bar required for accurate shooting.
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• 🕹️ Fortnite is launching AI-driven NPCs that adapt, react, and even evolve as players interact with them. The goal? Make every game play feel more unique and engaging.
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AI-powered products for productivity and fun

While not necessarily genuinely transformative these are recent examples of AI’s march into daily life online and IRL.. As AI technology spreads, the “AI-powered” labels still hype-up interest and ideally add real value to users of products. 

As William Gibson famously said, “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”

AI can make technology more intuitive and fun.. And when done right, it’s not just smart, it’s actually useful.

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