As a dark pattern, the chip seems purpose-built for spying. It is interesting as we're witnessing the birth of a new category of embedded chips.
1. I wonder if a chip with these features will be standard in a couple of years, and somewhat shake up the embedded world.
2. ARM was said to be bet heavily on AI, but this chip seems to be ahead. Correct?
It is a chip that puts face-recognition (and sound-recognition) in a webcam almost for free, and it lowers the price of this capability dramatically. This lends itself to tracking people in public and commercial places, on a scale not yet seen. Maybe it even is the initial market? Regardless it represents an interesting new kind of device (which ARM was aiming for)!
