Mercedes-Benz has a top-notch voice assistant
Mercedes-Benz has said it is working with a range of technology partners to implement the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing. This comes after Intel CEO Brian Krzanich had said that Intel’s AI chips will be deployed inMercedes-Benz vehicles. Intel said its chips will help vehicles offer better voice assistants, video conferencing capabilities and options for rear-seat passengers.
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Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup OpenAI to add generative AI to its in-car voice assistant, which will be available by this year-end. This AI will be used for natural dialogue and answers to customers’ questions, the German automaker said. The voice assistant will rely on an LLM for natural dialogue and answers to customer questions.
Supernal designed a flying car with bees and it is quiet and designed to work
Supernal, a US-based company that wants to replace noisy helicopter and regional plane with all-electric, multi-rotor vehicles, unveiled its electric vertical takeoff and landing prototype at the CES 2020. Supernal said its aircraft will operate as quietly as a dishwasher. The S-A2 will emit 65 decibels in vertical takeoff and landing phases and 45 decibels while cruising horizontally, it added.
The new ROG Zephyrus laptops feature a sleek light strip and OLED displays
Asus on Wednesday announced a new 15.6-inch gaming laptop, the Titan 18 HX A14V, with an 18-inch display. The laptop also has a vapor chamber cooler which can be used to cool it. It is powered by Intel’s 14th-generation Core i9/i9 processors and comes with Intel RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 GPUs and offers up to 128GB of RAM.
generative AI can be used to stock photos
Getty Images has partnered with NVIDIA to launch Generative AI, a text-to-image platform specifically designed to make stock photos. The AI can prompt Generative AI by iStock to create a picture of penguins walking through a city street. “Instead of hiring a photographer and finding a flock of penguins, AI can make that for them,” Getty Images’ Chief Product Officer Grant Farhall said.
The ROG Zephyrus laptops have a sleek light strip
MSI has introduced a new gaming laptop, the Titan 18HX A14V, with a 14v GPU, an RGB trackpad and AI-based performance profiles that promise to optimise settings based on whether you’re gaming or do other tasks like video conferencing. The Titan 18HX A 14V will be on display at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next year.
A competitor to Valve’s Steam Deck isMSI’s Claw
MSI has unveiled its handheld gaming PC at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019. It will be available in three variants, with the base model shipping with Intel Core Ultra 5 and 512GB storage. It’ll have a 5.3-hour battery life and will be priced at $699 to $799 depending on the model you choose. These models will come with the latest Windows 10 operating system.
The new 14th Gen mobile processor from Intel are for gaming laptops
MSI has unveiled the Titan 18 HX, a 15.6-inch gaming laptop with an NVIDIA RTX 4080 or 4090 graphics card as well as Intel’s new 14th-generation Core i9 14900HX processor. The laptop has a 24-inch LED-backlit display with 3840 x 2400 resolution and 120Hz refresh. It also has three M.2 SSD slots, three M.2 SSD slots (one of which is PCIe Gen 5).
Volkswagen says that it will place the chat system in its cars
Automaker Volkswagen and AI startup OpenAI have announced that they are collaborating on a voice assistant called ‘IDA’. The voice assistant can be used to control infotainment, navigation, and air conditioning, or to answer general knowledge questions. IDA is based on Openai’s LLM technology and will be available in Volkswagen cars later this year, OpenAI said.
The US launches its first moon-bound lander
NASA launched the first mission to land a private space company’s robotic lander on the Moon. The mission is called ‘Artemis’ and it aims to return humans to the Moon’s surface within the next few years. The mission is the first through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) programme, in which the agency pays private companies to deliver scientific instruments to the Moon’s surface.