So what does count as AI?
These days it tends to mean software programmed by training a neural network, which can then be implemented using software or hardware.
The voice recognition on, for example the Viofo dashcams, uses a neural processor built into the Novatek SoC, and is programmed by training a neural network, so it is definitely an AI.
There is a lot of AI in Novatek's recent dashcam SoCs, used for things like Voice Recognition and HDR:
Voice recognition has become a standard feature of many things these days, I have it my phone, where I use it every day, it is in my TV, when I get home in the dark I turn my house lights on using it so that I can see to walk down the path from the car. Maybe it has become so normal that we don't consider it an AI, but it is.
AI isn't a recent fad, I remember doing a course on AI back in the 1980s, including neural networks that were going to solve all our problems, back then it was as new as it is now, although due to very limited processing power, most things didn't usefully work back then!
It is only recently that governments have started taking an interest, with the EU now regulating AI, so that when you ask your dashcam to do something, it can no longer legally give an illegal voice response. It is being talked about more, and people are understanding what it is less!
MEPs reached a political deal with the Council on a bill to ensure AI in Europe is safe, respects fundamental rights and democracy, while businesses can thrive and expand.
www.europarl.europa.eu