Sony Honda Mobility announces collaboration with Microsoft to create a personal agent for mobility

Sony Honda Mobility announces collaboration with Microsoft to create a personal agent for mobility

Dubai, UAE: - Sony Honda Mobility Inc. (SHM) is exhibiting a booth at CES® 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA starting on Tuesday, January 9, 2024 (local time).

In advance of CES® being opened to the public, Sony’s press conference was held on Monday, January 8 (local time). Representative Director, President and COO Izumi Kawanishi took the stage. During the press conference, SHM announced a collaboration with Microsoft Corporation. (Head Office: Redmond, Washington, USA; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Satya Nadella) in creating a personal agent for mobility. The following is a summary of the announcement of this collaboration at the press conference.

Announcements

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SHM aims to revolutionize how people move, making mobility interactive and expressive, redefining the relationship between people and mobility, enhancing “emotional experience”.

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SHM has also entered into an agreement with Microsoft to develop a conversational personal agent, using Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.

AI plays an essential role in achieving our goal to redefining the relationship between people and mobility, enhancing emotional user experience. Microsoft is a key partner to provide conversational personal agent. We are pleased to be working with Microsoft to realize our vision.

Izumi Kawanishi

Representative Director, President and COO, Sony Honda Mobility

“Generative AI is a new canvas that is amplifying