Love it, leave itβthis week, more than one story has approached an aspect of future technology.
For example, BMW is marketing some bizarre, virtualish character that does its own horrible AI art and posts it to social media. Toyotaβs newest Prius is being reviewed, and for the first time in my lifeβnow that so many cars are hybridsβitβs just a car.
Audi is cross-pollinating departments to develop AI-generated concepts, though theyβre farther along than BMW Deeβs designs. This is just the start, mind you.
contβd belowβ¦
BMW β’ via Twitter
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βSo, what did we learn from all this? I guess that the next BMW assistant will be called Dee and they will try to make it into some sort of character, and that BMW got soaked and some ad agency is eating hoagies stuffed with $100 bills and only accomplished making BMWβs brand seem more cloying and desperate and out of touch than ever before.β :: BMW Pretends Its Social Media Got Hacked And Itβs Just Kind Of Embarrassing For Everyone β’ The Autopian
βVirtual AI βartistsβ donβt bother me, but an AI sketch artist? Horrifying. AI-generated structural building supports donβt upset me, the thought of AI-planned neighborhoods does.β :: AI art is not a crime β’ speedster.news
βIt isnβt totally new, as it still uses the same platform as the current-outgoing LaCrosse. But the design got a makeover with a new front and rear.β :: Meet The New Buick LaCrosse For China β’ carnewschina (jk on this one, same old Buick / GM! haha -M)
β± Know of obscure / old / weird automotive footage? Point me in the right directionβ¦
Neta E β’ via Car News China
Personal coupes are coming back! What else would you call a 4,000-lb + electric four-seat car?
Headline specs are impressive, and no doubt the Neta (brand) E (model) with dual motors and all-wheel-drive would shrug off its 1,950 kg curb weight and launch hard enough to put a Dodge Viper in the rearview. Butβ¦likeβ¦many cars can do that now.