One of the developments that everyone talked about last year was the massive emergence of use of artificial intelligence. The automotive industry, always related to cutting-edge technology, is already announcing that it will integrate AI systems into its cars.
The announcement was made Volkswagenwithin the framework of the start of the CES in Las Vegas, where it announced that it will integrate the system into many of its models. ChatGPT as a complement to your voice assistant.
For several years, many manufacturers have been equipping some of their models with voice commands that allow you to execute some functions by simply mentioning them out loud.
The new chatbot It does not replace the current assistant and will be offered along with the latest generation of infotainment in the Tiguan, Passat and Golf models, and the electric ID.7, ID.4, ID.5 and ID.3.
Boost features
According to the German brand, the integration of ChatGPT into Volkswagen’s voice assistant offers a multitude of new capabilities that go far beyond previous voice control. For example, the IDA voice assistant, as Volkswagen named it, can be used to control infotainment, navigation and air conditioning, or to answer general knowledge questions.
In the future, AI will provide additional information in response to questions that go beyond this as part of their continually expanding capabilities. For developers, this can be useful on many levels during a car trip: enrich conversations, clarify doubts, interact in intuitive language, receive vehicle-specific information and much more, exclusively hands-free.
For those who are behind the wheel, nothing changes. There is no need to create a new account, install a new app or activate ChatGPT: the voice assistant is activated by saying “Hello IDA” or by pressing the button on the steering wheel.
The voice assistant automatically prioritizes whether to execute a vehicle function, search for a destination, or adjust the temperature. If the Volkswagen system cannot respond to the request, forwarded anonymously to ChatGPT and the same familiar Volkswagen voice will respond.
Volkswagen takes great pains to ensure that ChatGPT does not gain access to any vehicle data and that questions and answers are deleted immediately to ensure the highest possible level of data protection.
“Volkswagen has always democratized technology and made it accessible to many. As a result, we are now the first volume manufacturer to make this innovative technology a standard feature in vehicles from the compact segment onwards,” said Kai Grünitz, responsible for Technical Development at the German brand.
The IDA voice assistance system powered by ChatGPT will initially be available in the European market. But from the experiences seen with artificial intelligences, it is very likely that its expansion will accelerate rapidly.