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LG ELECTRONICS UNVEILS THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF AI HOME AT IFA 2026

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Introducing ThinQ Claw and Expanded AI Home Experiences
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LG unveils the next evolution of AI Home at IFA 2026, leveraging upgraded contextual intelligence to recommend relevant actions, coordinate connected devices and services, and deliver a more personalized experience.The brand-new ThinQ Claw introduces text-chat-based interactions to AI Home, comprehending intent and context to provide tailored, situationally-appropriate support and enhanced customer value.Visitors to IFA can explore an expanded AI Home ecosystem spanning intelligent home and energy management solutions and learn about LG’s AI-powered ThinQ Pro for shared and commercial spaces, which is making its European debut.

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LG Electronics (LG) is unveiling the next evolution of its AI Home at IFA 2026. Bringing together AI-powered appliances, connected services and contextual intelligence, LG AI Home simplifies daily routines, enhances convenience and delivers a more personalized and intuitive customer experience.

A Home That Understands You
LG AI Home analyzes schedules, routines, the home environment and appliance usage to recommend appropriate actions and optimize coordination between devices and services. By providing personalized suggestions based on real-world context, it proactively supports customers to spend less time managing their appliances and more time enjoying life. To illustrate this vision at IFA 2026, LG invites visitors to explore immersive AI Home spaces—spanning living, kitchen and rest zones—where they can experience firsthand how LG’s AI technologies coordinate devices and services around different everyday routines.

ThinQ Claw: Extending AI Home Through Chat and Contextual Intelligence
At IFA 2026, LG is introducing ThinQ Claw, a new text-chat-based AI agent experience that further enriches and expands the company’s AI Home offering. Built on the concept of OpenClaw and optimized specifically for LG AI Home, ThinQ Claw can understand user intent and context and help complete tasks by connecting and coordinating relevant services and devices.

ThinQ Claw interprets updates shared by the user within the context of their life, rather than as isolated events. This enables it to recommend (or help initiate) appropriate actions aligned with personal preferences and the unique demands of each situation. It can manage cooking appliances to help the user prepare for hosting guests, monitor indoor air quality and temperature before the user arrives home to create a more comfortable environment based on current conditions, or suggest tailored experiences to entertain, empower or relax.

Beyond appliance control, ThinQ Claw works collaboratively with daily services like calendars and other connected services. Instead of requiring complex automation rules, it allows users to share their plans or current status through a natural chat interface. In addition to being able to understand requests and determine the necessary steps, ThinQ Claw can remember customers’ likes and dislikes, leading to increasingly personalized experiences over time. This intelligent and context-aware agent expands how customers engage with AI Home by providing increasingly personalized support both inside and outside the home. ThinQ Claw will be demonstrated at LG’s AI Home Zone throughout IFA 2026.

An Expanded AI Home Ecosystem
The AI Home Zone highlights LG’s open AI Home ecosystem powered by Homey, a smart home platform developed by Athom, which LG acquired in 2024. With its broad interoperability across brands and connected devices, Homey enables a safe and reliable connected home experience.

Homey allows users to manage diverse products from different manufacturers and service providers in one place. Through a comprehensive Home Energy Management System (HEMS) demonstration, IFA visitors can observe how Homey intelligently orchestrates energy generation, storage and consumption in real time by connecting smart meters, solar panels, home batteries and EV chargers with LG appliances. HEMS can help reduce household electricity bills by optimizing when energy is generated, stored and consumed, while taking advantage of dynamic energy pricing where supported.*

IFA 2026 will also mark the European debut of LG ThinQ Pro. Designed for multi-family residential and commercial environments, ThinQ Pro supports the efficient management of devices and facilities while illustrating how LG’s AI Home vision extends beyond the home into shared and professional spaces.

Applied across the entirety of the AI Home ecosystem, the LG Shield security framework helps protect connected appliances, services and customer data, enabling safe and secure AI experiences.

“ThinQ Claw marks the next step in LG AI Home, illustrating how AI can understand customer intent and life context to support a more personalized and streamlined daily experience,” said Baek Seung-tae, president of the LG Home Appliance Solution Company. “LG will continue advancing AI Home through innovations that are increasingly intuitive and responsive to customers’ needs.”

* Results may vary depending on usage, energy tariffs and local conditions.

About LG Electronics Home Appliance Solution Company 
The LG Home Appliance Solution Company (HS) is a global leader in home appliances and AI home solutions. By leveraging industry-leading core technologies, the HS Company is committed to enhancing consumers’ quality of life and promoting sustainability. The company develops thoughtfully designed kitchen and living appliance solutions and has recently integrated LG’s Robot Business Division to incorporate advanced robot technologies into its home solutions. Together, these products offer enhanced convenience, exceptional performance, efficient operation and sustainable lifestyle solutions. For more news on LG, visit www.LG.com/global/newsroom/.

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AU10TIX and NEO Partner to Bring Real-Time Identity Verification to High-Volume Venues

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Partnership helps gaming, wagering, hospitality, and travel operators automate identity checks, reduce manual review, and accelerate compliant self-service experiences

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AU10TIX, a global identity verification and fraud intelligence company trusted by enterprises worldwide, today announced a partnership with NEO, a leading global provider of self-service terminal technology and automation solutions, to bring real-time identity verification, age assurance, fraud prevention, and compliance capabilities into physical self-service environments.

The partnership combines NEO’s self-service terminal infrastructure with AU10TIX’s AI-powered identity verification technology, helping operators verify identity, confirm age eligibility, detect fraud, and support compliance directly within the self-service journey.

AU10TIX and NEO are already working together on live customer deployments with leading Australian gaming and hospitality venues, where real-time identity verification supports high-volume self-service guest journeys. 

The initial focus will be Australia, with plans to expand into Asia, the United States, Europe, and other global markets.

In high-volume venues, every manual identity check adds friction. AU10TIX and NEO help operators bring real-time identity verification into the point of service – across onboarding, re-verification, card reissuance, access, and age-restricted transactions – while meeting the lighting, capture, positioning, hardware, and speed demands of real-world terminal environments. 

“As more customer journeys move to self-service, identity verification has to move with them,” said Yair Tal, CEO of AU10TIX. “Our partnership with NEO brings AU10TIX’s real-time identity intelligence into physical environments where speed, accuracy, and compliance all matter. This is about helping operators verify customers, assess risk, and prevent fraud directly in the flow, without sending people back to a manual process.”

By embedding AU10TIX’s technology into NEO’s self-service terminals, operators can run document verification, biometric matching, liveness detection, age assurance, and fraud checks directly inside the terminal workflow. 

The partnership also helps operators reduce operational friction. Identity verification workflows can be completed up to 10 times faster than traditional manual workflows. For example, card replacement or reissuance processes that previously took 30 to 40 minutes can now be completed in a few minutes through a streamlined self-service experience.

“NEO’s focus has always been on making self-service faster, simpler, and more effective for operators and their customers,” said Anton Jovanovic, CEO of NEO. “By partnering with AU10TIX, we can add trusted identity verification, age assurance, and fraud prevention directly into the terminal experience. That means operators can complete processes that once took 30 or 40 minutes in just a few minutes, while still meeting the compliance standards their industries require.” 

Together, AU10TIX and NEO are helping operators turn physical self-service into a trusted, automated customer experience. 

About AU10TIX

AU10TIX is a global leader in identity management and fraud intelligence, dedicated to enhancing trust, safety, and compliance for businesses worldwide. Founded in 2002 in the Netherlands, with offices in London, New York, Singapore, and R&D centers in Israel and Eastern Europe, AU10TIX safeguards the world’s most trusted brands through world-class automation, sophisticated fraud prevention, and advanced identity verification solutions. AU10TIX’s future-proof product portfolio enables seamless customer onboarding and verification in seconds, while proactively adapting to emerging threats and regulatory demands. AU10TIX offers the industry’s only 100% automated global identity management system and can detect organized mass fraud attacks by analyzing traffic patterns and cross-referencing data across a consortium of over 60 leading companies. With deep roots in airport security, AU10TIX has authenticated billions of identities and prevented over $33 billion in identity fraud. Connect with AU10TIX on LinkedIn. For more information, visit AU10TIX.com.

About NEO

NEO is a global leader in self-service technology, supporting millions of interactions every day. Since 1987, the Australian-founded company has designed and delivered high-volume terminal and automation platforms for major organisations across international markets. Its integrated capabilities span industrial design, engineering, software, systems integration, manufacturing and lifecycle support, enabling NEO to take complex self-service programs from concept through large-scale deployment. NEO solutions operate in demanding environments across aviation, government, healthcare, retail and wagering and gaming, where security, compliance, uptime and ease of use are critical.

For more, visit neoproductsgroup.com or connect on LinkedIn.

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DoGo Power Empowers New Power Systems with AI and Grid-Forming Energy Storage

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SÃO PAULO, Aug. 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Intersolar South America 2026, one of the leading exhibitions and conferences in the Latin American solar industry, took place in São Paulo from 25 to 27 August. During the event, DoGo participated in a roundtable discussion jointly hosted by EUPD Research and Intersolar, sharing insights on grid-forming energy storage technology and the evolution of next-generation power systems.

During the roundtable, DoGo emphasised that as renewable energy penetration increases, the role of energy storage must evolve beyond simply storing and discharging electricity. It is becoming critical power infrastructure that can actively support the grid and enhance overall system resilience.

DoGo Power is an innovative company that specialises in grid-scale, grid-forming energy storage and the core technologies required for next-generation power systems. By combining AI with grid-forming energy storage technology, DoGo is transforming energy storage from a single-function asset into intelligent, grid-forming infrastructure that supports the development of an intelligent, coordinated ‘source-grid-load-storage’ power system.

DoGo is committed to advancing the industry by harnessing the power of AI and grid-forming technology. By integrating the four core systems — the Energy Management System (EMS), the Power Management System (PMS), the Power Conversion System (PCS) and the Battery Management System (BMS) — DoGo has developed the industry’s pioneering Software-Defined Energy (SDE) architecture. Through SDE, DoGo is redefining grid-scale grid-forming energy storage systems and delivering enhanced stability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness for renewable-dominated power systems. DoGo is developing intelligent solar-plus-storage solutions that are safe, high-quality, reliable and designed to create long-term value for customers.

At the same time, DoGo was recognised once again for its technological innovation, receiving the Top Innovation Award Brazil from EUPD Research for its core technology: the fully in-house developed 4S architecture. This further demonstrates DoGo’s technological capabilities and growing influence in the Latin American market.

Looking ahead, DoGo remains committed to its mission of ‘Lighting Up the World’. By transforming energy storage from single-function assets into intelligent, grid-forming infrastructure, DoGo aims to enable a new generation of power systems through coordinated source-grid-load-storage intelligence.

 

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MOEA’s DoIT Showcases 31 Innovative Technologies at Meet Greater South

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AI Expands Across Industries as Technology Drives Industrial Upgrading in Central and Southern Taiwan

TAIPEI, Aug. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On August 28, the Department of Industrial Technology (DoIT), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), unveiled 31 innovative technologies at the “2026 Meet Greater South” event, under the theme “Meet Your BEST Solution: Connecting Local Businesses with Tech Solutions.” The showcase was presented in collaboration with startups and research institutions including the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), the Institute for Information Industry (III), and the Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI).

This year’s pavilion highlights two key areas. The first echoes the theme of “AI Across Industries,” extending AI beyond high-tech manufacturing into fields such as architecture and construction, water quality monitoring, and food production. The second area, “Industrial Upgrading,” focuses on advancing industries in central and southern Taiwan through cutting-edge manufacturing processes and innovative technologies that boost both production efficiency and product quality. A number of these innovations have already been licensed to industry partners, helping companies including Ability opto-Electronics Technology, Li Xiang Machinery, HIWIN Technologies, and TBI Motion Technology secure orders from major international clients. These results demonstrate the tangible benefits of linking technology R&D with industry needs and helping companies expand into global markets.

AI-Optimized Metalens Imaging Breaks Into Global Supply Chains

In line with the government’s “AI Across Industries” policy, DoIT’s pavilion features a range of AI applications, demonstrating how artificial intelligence is being put to work across different sectors. One example is AI-optimized laptop camera lens imaging technology that enables a thinner lens while maintaining sharp image quality. ITRI’s Ultra-thin Structure NanoOptics Chip Technology for Visual Sensing Applications uses a monolithic metalens to overcome the bulkiness of traditional multi-element lenses. Combining semiconductor manufacturing processes with AI to enhance image clarity, the technology reduces lens thickness from the conventional 2.3–3mm down to just 1.3mm. It has already been adopted by Ability opto-Electronics Technology, a leading laptop lens manufacturer, which has integrated the technology into facial-recognition login modules for ultra-thin laptops. The solution has also been adopted by a major U.S. laptop brand. Looking ahead, the technology is expected to expand into visible-light and thermal-infrared imaging applications.

AI Reads Clam Shell Movements to Safeguard Water Quality for Over 2 Million People

AI is also being applied to water quality monitoring, turning clams into biological sentinels for water systems serving more than 2 million people. The Digital Twin Technology for Bio-Water Quality Sensing, developed by III, addresses the high cost traditionally associated with deploying multiple types of water quality sensors. The technology uses freshwater clams as biological sensors, taking advantage of their relatively stable behavioral responses. Cameras non-invasively monitor the clams’ shell movements, while AI analyzes subtle behavioral cues, opening-and-closing patterns, and abnormal group behavior to detect water quality changes in real time. The technology is already deployed at the Bansin Water Treatment Plant, the Sanxia River Pumping Station, and the Shoufeng Water Treatment Plant, which together serve more than 2 million people. It has also been licensed to KETECH Scientific Instrument, extending its use to water quality monitoring for critical processes in high-tech industries such as semiconductors, printed circuit boards, and precision machining.

Through the exhibition, DoIT aims to accelerate the adoption of more innovative technologies and bring new momentum into industrial upgrading across central and southern Taiwan.

 

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