Voice AI firm SoundHound launched a partnership with electrical car maker Lucid.
The automobile firm launched its hands-free voice assistant, Lucid Assistant, powered by SoundHound’s synthetic intelligence, in line with a Thursday (Jan. 2) press release.
“Growing Lucid Assistant in cooperation with SoundHound allows us to ship way more than a voice management function,” Dr. Jean-Philippe Gauthier, head of software program engineering at Lucid, stated within the launch. “Together with Lucid’s frequent over-the-air software program updates, Lucid Assistant can develop in performance and functionality over time, delivering an ever-better expertise for Lucid house owners.”
Accessible now to Lucid Air house owners, the assistant responds to the wake phrases “Hey Lucid” and lets drivers and passengers “ask questions in a pure and conversational manner and obtain quick, correct responses by SoundHound’s proprietary know-how,” per the discharge.
“This know-how ensures that the assistant selects the proper response from essentially the most acceptable area — whether or not that’s a solution powered by generative AI or the type of response that different massive language fashions might not deal with, like real-time questions on climate, sports activities, shares, and extra,” the discharge stated.
The assistant additionally lets customers entry Lucid’s full automobile guide and may give solutions to nearly any query concerning the car’s performance, whereas additionally permitting drivers to make use of voice to manage options resembling navigation, in line with the discharge.
SoundHound is internet hosting a “hands-on expertise” with the brand new assistant at its sales space on the upcoming CES show in Las Vegas.
Generative AI permits drivers to have conversations with their connected cars.
It’s now attainable “to have a way more conversational interplay along with your vehicle in comparison with earlier generations of AI,” Cerence Chief Income Officer Christian Mentz informed PYMNTS in an interview final 12 months.
One space the place generative AI is making a distinction is navigation. By integrating language fashions, navigation programs will be given reasoning and contextual consciousness, permitting for enchancment in decoding requests.
For instance, Mentz stated, a driver could make a fancy request like, “I’m hungry for a skinny crust pizza,” and the system can interpret it, mentioning route steering to an Italian restaurant with that number of pizza on the menu.
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