Volkswagen is investing in artificial intelligence

You don’t know whatArtificial Intelligence is booming, especially in the automotive industry. Indeed, many manufacturers have integrated ChatGPT into their cars in recent years, but Volkswagen Group goes even further with creationAI Laba company specializing in artificial intelligence:
“We want to offer our customers real added value through artificial intelligence”Oliver Blum, CEO of the Volkswagen Group and Porsche, said in this regard: “We plan to integrate external digital ecosystems into our cars to create even more fun. Therefore, it is extremely important for us to cooperate with companies in the technology sector. In the future, we want to simplify cooperation, both organizationally and culturally. »
With the help of artificial intelligence, the Volkswagen Group aims toimprove the customer experience on board its cars: new infotainment and navigation applications, more effective voice recognition, advanced on-board functions… The AI ​​Lab will allow Volkswagen to develop new projects in this direction and to cooperate with other technological players around the world.

Volkswagen AI Lab: the new skills center

This new laboratory will act as a skills center and project incubator for the Volkswagen Group. This will allow create new projects and new technologies in connection with artificial intelligence, in order to create new advanced onboard functions.
For example, Volkswagen wants improve the performance of the voice assistant, as well as to ensure the integration of the driver’s digital environment with his cars. For electric car users, artificial intelligence will also make this possibleoptimize charging cyclespredictive maintenance or even networked communication between vehicles and infrastructure, particularly at the user’s home and in connection with their home automation system.
To manage the artificial intelligence laboratory, Volkswagen has invited recognized experts in the field of artificial intelligence for technical management, while the supervisory board will consist of board members from the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche brands. The board of directors of the artificial intelligence laboratory will consist, inter alia, of Carsten Helbing as CEO and Carmen Schmidt as COO and COO.

The first projects around artificial intelligence have already been launched as part of the AI ​​​​Lab new collaborations with technology companies were connected at the international level.

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