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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...

A Melbourne man has claimed his car has been severely damaged by an Uber Eats driver’s vehicle after it rolled down a street during a food order drop-off. Wyndham Vale resident Alex Wilson posted about the incident on social media, which occurred late on Sunday night on Mermaid Cres. He shared a series of CCTV images, which appear to show the Uber Eats driver dropping food off at a neighbouring house at 9.51pm. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> Wilson claims that while the Uber Eats driver was delivering the food, the man’s vehicle began rolling down the street. “I’ve got him on multiple CCTV, he’s running after his car down the street,” Wilson said. “He (hadn’t) realised his car was rolling away.” A Melbourne man posted pictures online of damage allegedly done to his car by an Uber Eats driver. Credit: Facebook It was only on the following morning that Wilson noticed his black Toyota Yaris had been severely damaged, as he subsequently photos posted to soci...

BERLIN: Mercedes will invest billions of dollars to modernise its plants in China, Germany and Hungary over the coming years, magazine Automobilwoche reported, as the carmaker prepares to switch to electric vehicles and cut emissions. The European Union has set a goal to halve CO2 emissions per passenger car over their life cycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 and is seeking agreement on a 2035 deadline to end the sale of fossil fuel cars. Mercedes has said it will be ready to go electric by the end of the this decade, where market conditions allow. "We are invest ing a three-digit million amount per plant for the run up," production manager Joerg Burzer was quoted as saying by the magazine, adding that these invest ments will be at the plants in Beijing, Rastatt in Germany and Kecskemet in Hungary. The carmaker will start work on the Rastatt plant over the coming months and will produce the first model of the compact vehicle platform MMA ...

BEERSHEVA: An Israeli-made electric vehicle designed to fly commuters on short trips far above streets overcrowded with cars has made its maiden unmanned flight, a milestone the developer says will help it reach the market in the next two years. The test-phase voyage may not look out of the ordinary at first given the huge progress made in drone technology. Another propellered aircraft rising vertically off the ground and then thrusting forward high in the sky. But this one, being developed by Israeli startup AIR, will be able to carry two people - an operator and passenger - as far as 100 miles on a single charge, the company says. AIR, and many com Pet itors around the world, are betting this kind of Travel will eventually become commonplace. "This is a major milestone," said CEO and co-founder Rani Plaut. "We have transitioned today to forward flight ... bringing (closer) our dream of mass production of the AIR ONE." There are still many significant obst...