RAY MASSEY: Motor producers betting on synthetic intelligence
Gambling on future tendencies, applied sciences and fashions has lengthy been central to motor producers’ planning.
In the previous, future merchandise and tech would function in common motor exhibits. Now extra are exhibiting on the CES — the Consumer Electronics Show — going down this week in Las Vegas. They are primarily betting on synthetic intelligence (AI).
Volkswagen says future autos would use the AI-based ChatGPT ‘chatbot’, its voice command programs, in its ID vary of electrical automobiles, in addition to the most recent Tiguan, Passat and Golf fashions.
Futuristic: In the previous, future merchandise and tech would function in common motor exhibits, now extra are exhibiting on the Consumer Electronics Show
BMW introduced ‘augmented-reality’ glasses by way of which the wearer driver can view navigation directions, leisure and charging data.
- Mercedes-Benz is upgrading its digital dashboard system to offer extra pure speech suggestions and conversations from its onboard digital assistant.
Top Gear presenter’s fascinating memoir
Write stuff: Chris Harris has written an enchanting early memoir
Former Top Gear presenter Chris Harris (the one who knew the way to drive within the final collection earlier than it was canned) has written an enchanting early memoir overlaying his life thus far, together with his adoptive dad and mom, his speedy car-driving mom, and the slippery ascent of the greasy pole of motoring journalism.
The greatest and most attention-grabbing bits are the place he is not speaking about automobiles. Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs Of A Car Tragic (Ebury Spotlight, £22) is a unusual celebration of sq. pegs in spherical holes, and worthy of a wider readership than the standard petrolheads at whom it’s primarily aimed.
It’s a helpful primer for any annoyed younger individual not sure about their future, attempting to keep up their motivation, daunted by the challenges they might face, but determined to realize their desires.
