ai in cars

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas delivered a clear message for anyone watching the automotive booths: at CES 2026 the car itself has become a delivery vehicle for software, sensors and cloud‑connected intelligence, and the industry is aggressively re‑shaping vehicle design, safety and...

Sony Honda Mobility used CES 2026 to push the AFEELA project beyond a show car and into a near‑production reality, debuting a new AFEELA Prototype SUV while confirming concrete timelines, partners, and commercial plans that make the venture feel far more engine‑room than concept‑stage...

TomTom’s latest announcement that it is deepening its production-grade integration with Microsoft Azure—bringing Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) into its automotive stack—marks a concrete step from experimental voice assistants toward...

Cerence, NVIDIA, and Microsoft have taken a decisive step to put large language models and cloud-accelerated AI at the center of the next-generation in-car experience, with Cerence’s hybrid agentic platform, Cerence xUI, now optimized to run on NVIDIA AI Enterprise and deployed on Microsoft...

Cerence’s xUI has moved from product reveal to production posture: the hybrid, agentic in‑car assistant is being optimized with NVIDIA AI Enterprise runtimes and distributed via Microsoft Azure, and Cerence says multiple global automakers have chosen the stack for near‑term vehicle deployments...

Cerence’s xUI platform is gaining real momentum: the hybrid, agentic in‑car assistant now ships with production integrations that lean on NVIDIA AI Enterprise for model performance and optimizations and on Microsoft Azure for cloud-hosted services and distribution — a stack that Cerence says is...

LG has signalled a clear push into next‑generation display and audio architectures at CES 2026, previewing the LG Micro RGB evo — its first flagship RGB‑backlit TV — and a new modular audio ecosystem called LG Sound Suite built around the Dolby Atmos FlexConnect standard, while also showcasing...

TomTom and Microsoft have quietly rewired a familiar part of the car — the voice assistant — into something closer to a conversational co‑pilot, pairing TomTom’s navigation and in‑vehicle software with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI stack to deliver an in‑car AI assistant that can hold multi‑turn...

General Motors’ headline-making “eyes-off” pledge, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser, a fresh roundup of practical consumer tech tips — and a reminder that the cloud, tape decks and rental cars are all getting a modern makeover: this week’s tech news mixes high-stakes industry pivots with useful...

Mercedes-Benz’s move to wire ChatGPT into its MBUX voice assistant and invite more than 900,000 U.S. customers into a three‑month beta test marks a high‑profile leap in the race to put generative AI inside the cabin — and it lays bare the technical, safety, privacy and commercial trade‑offs...

Cerence’s new in-car agent, built with Microsoft cloud services, has just crossed the line from concept demo to a usable — and commercially tempting — feature set: your car can now read and reply to Outlook and Teams messages, summarize what you missed, pull calendar locations and route you...

Microsoft and Cerence’s announcement at IAA Mobility 2025 that a voice-first, Microsoft 365 Copilot–powered assistant will run inside vehicles marks a decisive push to turn the car into a secure mobile office — but it also raises urgent questions about safety, privacy, enterprise governance, and...

Microsoft’s work to move Copilot and Azure AI out of the office and into the vehicle cabin has taken a concrete step through an expanded relationship with Cerence — a partnership that stitches together in‑car voice assistants, Azure OpenAI capabilities, and the emerging third‑party agent...

Artificial intelligence—often abbreviated AI—has evolved from a niche, theoretical endeavor into a foundational pillar of technology and industry, dramatically reshaping how people communicate, work, and innovate. Today, understanding the landscape of AI and its many subfields is crucial for...

As vehicles evolve from simple means of transportation into high-tech, mobile command centers, the lines separating personal, professional, and driving time are becoming increasingly blurred. Nowhere is this trend more pronounced than in the recent collaboration between Microsoft and...

In the ceaseless pursuit of seamless productivity, the boundaries between the office, home, and now even vehicles are being blurred in ways that seemed improbable a decade ago. Mercedes-Benz, the paragon of German automotive engineering, has announced a partnership with Microsoft, a titan in...

The future of automotive technology has just changed lanes, and the implications stretch far beyond the dashboard. With the debut of the all-new Mercedes-Benz CLA, drivers are no longer simply at the wheel of a luxury car—they’re sitting behind the controls of what Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft...

Mercedes-Benz has long been synonymous with innovation and luxury, but with its latest leap, the automaker is setting an entirely new benchmark at the intersection of automotive engineering and digital productivity. In a landmark move, Mercedes-Benz is the first automaker to natively integrate...

The accelerating transformation in the automotive industry is redefining what it means to be “connected.” No longer mere conduits for transportation, vehicles are rapidly becoming dynamic digital hubs—workspaces, entertainment centers, and data engines on wheels. Recent announcements from...

Mercedes-Benz has announced a significant expansion of its collaboration with Microsoft, introducing advanced productivity tools directly into its vehicles. Starting this summer, the all-new CLA model will feature the latest version of the Meetings for Teams app, allowing drivers to participate...