I would be sold if it werent for the major hurdles of requiring always-on connectivity.
So yes, Amazon is helping BMW stick a large language model inside its cars.
Amazon took a large language model and fed it the car makers 300-plus page instruction tomes.
Amazon’s early version of an AI assistant inside a BMW shows it knows far more about the car than you do.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo
Say you wanted to switch your car to power mode.
If you didnt read the instructions, you could tell the car to make the change for you.
In my case, the AI apparently wanted other cars on the Strip to hear your engines roar.
Amazon started trying to shove its Alexa assistant into BMWsback in 2022.
My 2024 Hyundai Elantra might be sophisticated enough to tell me that my cars tires are slightly deflated.
Besides replacing your owners manual, the AI still has all the more inane qualities of generative AI.
But the AI wont work off the cars onboard computer.
Amazon was also extremely reticent to discuss what kind of AI theyre employing in BMW.
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