l’Artificial intelligence continues to gain ground in’car. After DS and Mercedes,’It’s Volkswagen’s turn’integrate ChatGPT into your vehicles. The chatbot will be integrated into the’IDA voice assistant, which’found in the latest models of the German brand, announced at the CES in Las Vegas, where the’AI is precisely one of the main topics of this 2024 edition.
Simpler interactions with’voice assistant
l’The voice assistant “can be used to control the infotainment, navigation and air conditioning systems, or to obtain answers to general questions,” Volkswagen summarizes in its press release.
For the brand,’The interest for the driver remains.’obtain information or’Interact with different functions without taking your hands off the wheel. It is also a way to better understand natural language, although most current assistants have a fairly limited understanding capacity.
ChatGPT will help like this’The Volkswagen voice assistant if the latter has difficulty finding the answer to the requested query:
“IDA automatically determines whether to execute a vehicle function, search for a destination or adjust the temperature as a priority. If the Volkswagen system cannot process the request itself, it is anonymized and transmitted to the AI, and the familiar Volkswagen voice gives the order. response,” the statement continued.
Volkswagen’is pressed on the’The American company Cerence, specialized in’solutions integration’artificial intelligence in’automobile, in order to guarantee the fluidity of the’experience, but also optimal safety.
“Standard” in the second quarter of 2024
Important point for future users of these functions: “ChatGPT does not access any vehicle data. Questions and answers are immediately deleted for optimal information protection,” the press release underlines.
While Mercedes and DS had announced that they would test the’With the integration of ChatGPT in its vehicles, Volkswagen announces that it is the first to offer this solution “as standard from the second quarter of 2024 in a large number of its vehicles.”
The ID3, ID4, ID5 and ID7 electric cars are affected, as well as the new generations of Tiguan and Passat, as well as the upcoming redesigned Golf (presented in its GTI version at CES).
Source: BFM TV
