If there's one theme that's stood out in the world of tech this year, it's undoubtedly been that of artificial intelligence – or AI for short. I've been to numerous keynotes, product launches and company presentations where the 'AI acronym' has continued to echo around my head afterwards – but not always with the greatest of intent or application.
At HP Imagine 2024 – the computing giant's second of its annual tech conference, hosted at the company headquarters in Palo Alto – the AI trend was in full swing. The reveal of the brand's first-ever 2-in-1 AI laptop, the OmniBook Ultra Flip, immediately impressed me in terms of build quality and how it feels to use – but while that's years of expertise in motion, this whole AI game is new.
