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Digital mapping specialist TomTom said on Tuesday it has partnered with tech giant Microsoft to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered conversational assistant for vehicle s. The assistant will allow users to "converse naturally with their vehicle s" and enable voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, the company said. TomTom, which competes with Google Maps and the world's biggest mapping platform HERE, used various Microsoft services like its Azure OpenAI Service to create the voice assistant. The Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service allows enterprises to leverage ChatGPT maker OpenAI's large language models (LLM). The voice assistant can be integrated into other automotive infotainment systems and is also built into TomTom's Digital Cockpit, an open, modular in-vehicle infotainment platform, the Dutch map maker said. Finance chief Taco Titulaer told Reuters in October that TomTom saw new opportunities in ge...

At the Fashion X AI show in Hong Kong, attendees noticed a certain "alien" quality about the new clothes modelled on the event's narrow catwalk - and the designs were, in fact, not entirely human. The show put more than 80 outfits from 14 designers in the spotlight, all of which were created with the help of the artificial intelligence software AiDA, short for "AI-based Interactive Design Assistant”. The software was developed by PhD students and academics at the Hong Kong-based AiDLab. Masked in monochrome blue, wearing outfits that ranged from down jackets to translucent skirts, models strutted past rows of critics and fashion designers. Attendee Cynthia Tse said it felt like she was witnessing the future of fashion at the show on Dec. 19. "I think the face covering is definitely alien-like, and exciting,” said Tse. According to AiDLab CEO Calvin Wong, the software was created to serve as a “supporting tool” for designers. ...