MSI has a new OLED gaming monitor. It’s 27 inches, 1440p, and pretty darn speedy (though not a record-breaker) at 500Hz. All good. It also has a built-in neural processing unit (or NPU) . If you’re familiar with that term, you know what comes next: this OLED monitor has “AI” built into it. Confusticate and bebother.

After reading the official promo for the MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50 and an extended session of bouncing various four-letter words off the walls of my office, I have to admit that this isn’t the worst way to jump on the “AI” bandwagon. The NPU is tied into a CMOS sensor (a very basic camera) and a presence detection system, which detects whether a real human is sitting in front of it. So it’ll turn itself off when you leave and wake back up when you come back, checking five

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