Microsoft will help train LG's self-driving car software

LG plans to harness Microsoft's artificial intelligence smarts to improve its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Driver Status Monitoring Camera, and Multi Purpose Front Camera -- parts that it said last year it was providing to an undisclosed "premium German auto-maker". Meanwhile, Azure's Data Box service will help LG's self-driving platform to learn and evolve even faster at its testing grounds, said the company. "Road and traffic patterns in cities that would normally require more than a full day for [self- driving] systems to comprehend would take only minutes with Azure," declared LG. It could teach LG's software to distinguish between pedestrians and objects and learn the driving patterns of other vehicles on the road. Like its Korean rival Samsung, LG is also chasing the billions of dollars up for grabs in the automotive parts industry. It even created a new department devoted to car parts under the wing of its holding company LG Corp. late last year.