Artificial intelligence takes spotlight at Berlin's IFA fair

Berlin

THE gadgets on display at Berlin's mega consumer electronics fair, IFA or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, this week may not look radically different, but they are smarter than ever before and designed to meet our every need - often before we've even thought of it ourselves.

As smartphones and other electronic devices make greater use of artificial intelligence (AI), the digital assistants already pervasive in our lives are set to become more intuitive and play a bigger role in our homes, observers said.