Automakers are developing vehicles that can act as personal assistants, offering recommendations and engaging in conversation with drivers.
The artificially intelligent computer KITT from 'Knight Rider' could do it all -- drive solo, speak to humans, land quips and fight crime. It was sentient, funny and self-aware. KITT was a futuristic -- but fictional -- TV character that had Americans in awe. There are no KITTs in real life yet. There are, however, vehicles that can independently change lanes and maneuver in traffic.
Some automakers are pushing the limits even more -- evolving conveyances into personal assistants that can keep tabs on our daily routines and make conversation on those lonely and tiresome drives home. This is the future: Your vehicle's AI calling into work meetings when you're running late. Offering restaurant recommendations in foreign locales. Listening to you vent about life and offering reassuring adages to get you through the day. 'We're enhancing the layers of communication between the MBUX virtual assistant and our customers ... it's our vision of the hyper-personalized experience inside the car,' Andreas Biehl, head of user interaction concepts for Mercedes-Benz AG, told ABC News. 'Our AI system -- our 'brain' -- can learn scenarios ... and use that to make the right suggestions.' Mercedes unveiled the generative AI virtual assistant earlier this year in Las Vegas. Models that run on the upcoming M
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