Ha, I wasn't old or into it enough at the time to remember that, but it is consistent with just about every IC datasheet ever with their list of possible applications. (Like: logic gate; applications include Walkman, Rocket ship, Fuzzy Logic Washing Machine, mobile phone, AGI co-processor, ...)

A lot of this happening.

The Dell marketing machine in particular is bludgeoning everyone that will listen about Dell AI PCs. The implication that folks will miss the boat on AI by not having a piddly NPU in their laptop is silly.