CES 2026: Nvidia, AMD, Razer & AI Innovations Revealed
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.
As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of many companies’ messaging, though the hardware upgrades and oddities that have long defined the annual event still have their place on the show floor and in adjacent announcements. We’ll be collecting the biggest reveals and surprises here, though you can still catch the spur-of-the-moment reactions and thoughts from our team on the ground via our live blog right here.
Let’s dive right in, starting with some of Monday’s biggest players.
Nvidia reveals AI model for autonomous vehicles, showcases Rubin architecture
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered an expectedly lengthy presentation at CES, taking a victory lap for the company’s AI-driven successes, setting the stage for 2026, and yes, hanging out with some robots.
The Rubin computing architecture, which has been developed to meet the increasing computation demands that AI adoption creates, is set to begin replacing Blackwell architecture in the second half of this year. It comes with speed and storage upgrades, but our senior AI editor Russell Brandom goes into the nitty-gritty of what distinguishes Rubin.
And Nvidia continued its push to bring the AI revolution into the physical world, launching Alpamayo, open AI models that allow autonomous vehicles to “think” like humans.
CES isn’t all hardware showcases and show floor attractions – there are plenty of additional industry panels and speakers drawing eyeballs. We kept tabs on a few notable highlights,ranging from Palmer luckey pushing retro aesthetics, to why the “learn once, work forever” era might potentially be over, to previews of the new Silicon Valley-based series “The Audacity,” to the expansion of Roku’s $3 streaming service, to All-In host Jason Calacanis putting a $25,000 bounty on an authentic Theranos device.
Ford’s AI assistant debuts
Ford is launching its assistant in the company’s app before a targeted 2027 release in its vehicles, with hosting managed by Google Cloud and the assistant itself built using off-the-shelf LLMs. As we noted in our coverage of the news, however, few details were offered around what drivers should expect from their experience with the assistant.
Caterpillar, nvidia partner on automated construction equipment
As part of the ever-present push for AI’s impact on the physical world, Caterpillar and Nvidia announced a pilot program, “Cat AI Assistant,” which was demonstrated at CES Wednesday. This system, coming to one of Caterpillar’s excavator vehicles, is happening alongside another project to use Nvidia’s Omniverse simulation resources to help with construction project planning and execution.
Hands-on with Clicks Communicator
A new family planning tool caught our attention at CES. It doesn’t just offer calendar and planning features; it uses AI to sync calendars from various sources, create to-dos from messages or photos, and send appointment reminders.Read our full impressions here.
boston Dynamics and Google Partner on Atlas Robots
Hyundai’s press conference highlighted its robotics partnerships with Boston Dynamics. The companies revealed they’re collaborating with google’s AI research lab to train and operate both existing Atlas robots and a new version shown onstage. Transportation editor Kirsten Korosec has the full story.
Amazon is giving its AI-powered update with Alexa+ a big push at CES. the company launched Alexa.com for Early Access customers who want to use the chatbot in their browsers, alongside a redesigned app. Consumer editor Sarah Perez has the details, plus news on more Amazon announcements.