BMW and IBM partner to develop artificial intelligence car tech

BMW is working with American technology giant IBM to co-develop artificial intelligent technology that will one day be used in road cars. Researchers and engineers from BMW are working at IBM's Munich headquarters for its Watson Internet of Things (IoT) technology. They'll help develop IBM's Watson cognitive system for integration into automotive products, which will be able to learn from the physical world and pass intelligence back to it. BMW is providing the IBM site with four i8s to be used as prototypes for the new artificial intelligence systems. The systems will run on IBM's Bluemix cloud platform, which IBM says will enable Watson technology to heighten a driver's connection with their car.