Abstract: Artificial intelligence technology is a science that involves multiple fields and contains a variety of technologies, which aims to make machines replace people with complicated tasks. This paper reviewed the application of artificial intelligence technology in the elderly care at home and abroad, the role of the nurses in the development and application of artificial intelligence technology in elderly care, and the elderly care issues that can be solved by artificial intelligence technology, and analyzed the existing problems and put forward the coping measures to provide the reference for the application of artificial intelligence technology in elderly care in China.