From ChatGPT to massive dashboard screens, AI to drive cars of the future
ChatGPT entering cars to massive dashboard displays for streaming and gaming and autonomous driving, cars of the future took a dramatic uplift at the global tech show in Las Vegas.
German automaker Volkswagen announced plans to bring AI chatbot ChatGPT into its cars, integrated into its IDA voice assistant.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitThe voice assistant, enabled by Cerence Chat Pro, is activated by saying «Hello IDA» or pressing the button on the steering wheel. IDA automatically prioritises whether a vehicle function should be executed, a destination searched or the temperature adjusted.
If the request cannot be answered by the Volkswagen system, it is forwarded anonymously to AI and the familiar Volkswagen voice responds.
ChatGPT does not gain access to any vehicle data and questions and answers are deleted immediately to ensure the highest possible level of data protection, the automaker said during the 'CES 2024'.
Volkswagen said it will be the first volume manufacturer to offer ChatGPT as a standard feature from the second quarter of 2024 in many production vehicles.
The new chatbot is offered in conjunction with the latest generation of infotainment in the following models: ID.7, ID.4, ID.5, ID.3, the all-new Tiguan and the all-new Passat, as well as in the new Golf.
With ChatGPT, the IDA voice assistant can be used to control the infotainment, navigation, and air conditioning, or to answer general knowledge questions.
In the future, AI will provide additional
