- Mercedes-Benz’s MBUX voice assistant enhanced with AI can deliver accurate and up-to-date responses to a broad array of questions
- The new functionality relies on Microsoft’s Bing search engine and ChatGPT generative AI
- Mercedes plans to further leverage AI to deliver an even more personalized experience in the near future
Starting this week, certain Mercedes-Benz vehicles with the MBUX user interface can have the voice assistant’s functionality enhanced with artificial intelligence.
Mercedes has made it possible for its voice assistant to provide up-to-date answers to general knowledge questions by initiating a search using the Microsoft Bing search engine and then formulating the answer using Microsoft’s ChatGPT generative AI system.
Mercedes has been offering the new functionality in beta form to some vehicle owners over the past year, but now it is available as a free update to compatible vehicles. Currently, only the English and German languages are supported.
A user can ask the voice assistant anything by simply initiating …