Why AI Must Happen at the Edge: Arm's Chris Bergey at MWC 2025

From healthcare breakthroughs to real-time translation on smart glasses, AI is already transforming everyday experiences. But as generative AI models grow in complexity, so too does their energy demand. In this keynote from MWC 2025, Chris Bergey, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Client Line of Business at Arm, explores how the future of AI is being built at the edge. The keynote unpacks the urgent power challenge facing cloud-based AI and explains why a gradual shift to edge computing is critical for enabling AI that is scalable, sustainable, and accessible to all. 00:00 – Introduction: AI’s invisible presence 01:20 – Use cases: Drug discovery, climate, autonomy 02:45 – AI’s energy problem: 15x more power per search 03:36 – Why AI must move to the edge 04:12 – Ray-Ban Meta Glasses and NVIDIA Project Digits 05:08 – Arm + Stability AI: On-device audio generation 06:10 – Democratizing AI across every device Learn more about Arm's presence at MWC 2025: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/mwc-2025-key-takeaways Copyright/courtesy to GSMA/MWC. Stay connected with Arm: Website: http://arm.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/arm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Arm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arm/