'I think there’s going to be a lot of experimentation': Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon anticipates big changes in the AI space as it works on a whole host of new designs

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  • Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon believes apps will soon be designed for AI agents – not so much humans
  • Amon also believes that wearables like smart glasses could see chip demand surge
  • On-device processing is the next stage of AI, aimed at reducing cloud latency and boosting efficiency

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon has claimed AI agents could soon become much more than the next trend, influencing development across a wide space.

Instead, in an interview with CNBC, Amon said he believes the independent and autonomous nature of agentic AI could almost entirely replace traditional apps. "Those agents are going to be the new app," he said, noting that apps "are not dead" but they are facing major change.

Under Amon's vision for the future, human users will likely interact with agents that understand context and complete tasks for them, rendering many human interfaces irrelevant.

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