Technology marches on, and we all march along with it, especially when our favorite devices don’t give us a choice. But beyond the gadgets we use, there are three major tech trends worth paying closer attention to this year.

It's official: artificial intelligence has taken over.

Okay, we might be kidding, but only to a limited extent. AI seems to have exploded in the past year, starting with a frenzy after the public release of ChatGPT and its competitors like Google Bard and Bing Copilot.

Even if you haven't used it yet, you're probably already using AI, you just don't realize it yet.