AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it

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LG’s FURON AI Agent powers the company’s smart home AI ambitions. | Image: LGThe holy grail of the smart home is ambient computing - technology that disappears into the background, anticipating your needs without a word or a tap. Lights turn on as you walk in, doors unlock as you approach, coffee brews before you reach the kitchen. This is the proactive home: a space that adapts to its occupants to support their comfort, health, and safety. The tools exist to create this, but today's smart home remains complicated, unreliable, and often invasive - still a long way from truly "ambient."But, just as it's changing every other game in tech, advances in artificial intelligence are a watershed moment for the smart home. …Read the full story at The Verge.