{"id":73315,"date":"2017-10-15T17:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T00:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/bmw-is-putting-ibms-watson-ai-in-the-passenger-seat"},"modified":"2017-10-15T17:42:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T00:42:32","slug":"bmw-is-putting-ibms-watson-ai-in-the-passenger-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/bmw-is-putting-ibms-watson-ai-in-the-passenger-seat","title":{"rendered":"BMW is putting IBM\u2019s Watson AI in the passenger seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/bmw-is-putting-ibms-watson-ai-in-the-passenger-seat.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The BMW i8 is already one of the most futuristic-looking cars on the road, but it\u2019s about to get more innovative inside, too. BMW has just announced a brand-new tech collaboration with IBM, which will see the tech giant\u2019s Watson AI tested in four of BMW\u2019s hybrid sports cars. The project will see BMW engineers and IBM researchers work together in Germany, as both IBM and BMW have research facilities in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to make driving assistance and information more personalised and intuitive \u2013 and Watson looks to be the perfect candidate for the job. IBM\u2019s powerful AI should make the car\u2019s existing systems much easier to use, and BMW has already given a few examples of how it could work. The i8\u2019s manual will be by Watson, so drivers will be able to enquire about vehicle information in natural language, rather than select phrases. In the same way, BMW and IBM want the Watson-fitted i8 to provide updates on everything from fuel levels to traffic updates in a simple, easy way.<\/p>\n<p>However, Watson\u2019s machine learning will have another benefit, too: personalisation. By gradually learning the routes, language and needs of a driver, Watson will be able to deliver the right amount of information almost before it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphr.com\/cars\/1004981\/bmw-is-putting-ibms-watson-ai-in-the-passenger-seat\">http:\/\/www.alphr.com\/cars\/1004981\/bmw-is-putting-ibms-watson...enger-seat<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BMW i8 is already one of the most futuristic-looking cars on the road, but it\u2019s about to get more innovative inside, too. BMW has just announced a brand-new tech collaboration with IBM, which will see the tech giant\u2019s Watson AI tested in four of BMW\u2019s hybrid sports cars. The project will see BMW engineers [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}