Electronics giant LG says it wants to utilise data from hundreds of millions of household devices to make AI-based software more useful. While AI programs are often optimised with data from the internet, LG believes it has the “unique opportunity” to use real-time information from everyday life, chief executive William Cho said ahead of the launch of the CES tech fair in Las Vegas (January 9-12). However Cho said this would “of course” only happen with the express consent of the user. Personal data is to be processed directly on devices in households and given special protection, LG says. Cho …