SoundHound AI and Parkopedia launch voice AI-powered parking search and payment agent
SoundHound AI, Inc, the voice and conversational AI, specialists, have announced an expanded partnership with Parkopedi, to introduce an in-vehicle voice AI parking agent as part of SoundHound’s in-car voice commerce platform. The collaboration integrates Parkopedia’s extensive global parking database – covering more than 90 million spaces in over 20,000 cities – with SoundHound’s in-car voice commerce […]
Valerann expands AI detection platform across Irish motorway network
Valerann and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) have announced the nationwide deployment of Lanternn by Valerann™, the company’s AI-powered road traffic monitoring and incident detection platform, across Ireland’s motorway network. The project forms part of TII’s enhancing Motorway Operation Services (eMOS) program, which is led by Roughan & O’Donovan (ROD) in joint venture with AECOM. As […]
TomTom’s Head of AI explores how mapping will benefit from optimizing the growing technology
TomTom‘s Head of AI Ferenc Szeli has explained how the company uses the technology, what makes it so useful and how its application ultimately leads to better products, an improved experience and more value for customers in a fascinating video that you can watch HERE. In the video Szeli says that AI is not new […]
Dublin’s city-scale AI enables data‑driven active travel and road safety decisions
Dublin has teamed up with VivaCity and Bentley Systems to create a real‑time digital twin that fuses sensor, traffic and environmental data, enabling data‑driven decisions for safer, greener travel across the city and its boroughs. Smart Dublin, an initiative of the four local authorities in the Dublin region to support innovation, has been trialing new […]
LCRIG confirms panellists for AI Applications in Severe Weather Management webinar
Local authority leaders and climate adaptation experts are set to join LCRIG’s upcoming webinar exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) could transform the way we monitor, predict, and respond to severe weather events. Delivered by LCRIG, in collaboration with Colas, sponsor of the forthcoming AI Mini-Guide focused on Severe Weather – the AI Applications for Severe […]
Autonomous Trucking: Waabi Driver integrates with Volvo’s VNL Autonomous
Physical AI pioneers Waabi and Volvo Autonomous Solutions have reached a major milestone in autonomous trucking by successfully integrating the Waabi Driver with the Volvo VNL Autonomous. This joint achievement underscores the significant progress both companies are making together in advancing autonomous freight. “The future of autonomous trucking hinges on three critical areas: autonomous technology […]
A smartphone on wheels: Hyundai launches AI-enabled Ioniq 9
Hyundai is using artificial intelligence (AI) to make driving safer, referring to its new Ioniq 9 flagship as a “smartphone on wheels”. The South Korean automaker has assured that it will “transform how drivers and passengers interact with their car on a daily basis”, says Auto Express. Raf van Nuffel, vice president of product at […]
GM announces eyes-off driving, conversational AI and unified software platform
General Motors has showcased how manufacturing scale, software expertise and AI are converging to transform the car from a mode of transportation into an intelligent assistant. At its GM Forward media event in New York, Chair and CEO Mary Barra and other senior leaders unveiled advancements across AI, robotics, energy, and autonomy, showing how the […]
An uphill battle: How AI-powered infrastructure inspections for local authorities can change the game
Oxford-based AI specialists Mind Foundry have written a thought piece aboutAI-powered infrastructure inspections for local authorities and how they can use the power of artificial intelligence to build a comprehensive view of a structure’s health. There are approximately 246,000 miles of road and 80,904 bridges in the UK, and each of these individual assets requires monitoring, maintenance, and management […]
Coventry University calls for action to address AI skills gap in UK automotive industry
Coventry University has published a new report warning that the UK automotive sector faces a critical shortage of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital skills, which threaten its ability to compete globally and deliver the next generation of clean, connected vehicles. Commissioned by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC), the study entitled ‘Can AI fill the Automotive Skills Gaps?’ found that […]