AI is changing the way people interact with cars
Mercedes-Benz getting the nod for its cars to cruise at more than 90 kms per hour behind a leading vehicle in completely autonomous mode on German motorways, Katrin Lehmann, global chief information officer notes that this would not have been possible without the contribution of its Indian engineers in developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
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“We’ve been using AI technology since the 90s in very different applications and ways, and now we’re just building on top of it,” said Lehmann who was visiting India last week along with some of her top leadership team.
“Here in India, the biggest topic is software development for the enterprise, but also for the car,” said Lehmann, adding AI is a major focus area at the company’s research and development centre in Bengaluru.About 2,500 of the German luxury carmaker’s over 10,000-strong global IT team is based in India, said Lehmann.
AI powers Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot—said to be the world’s fastest system for conditionally automated driving.
Even beyond autonomous driving, AI is changing the way people interact with their cars. For instance, there are new functionalities that enable a car to automatically detect when the driver is getting tired, based on the way the steering wheel is turned, said Lehmann. It can then propose modes like the ‘energetic’ programme which brings in music,
