VW CIO touts possibilities of machine learning - automotiveIT International

VW's Hofmann: Embrace machine learning or lose competitiveness (Photo: Claus Dick) HANOVER –Volkswagen CIO Martin Hofmann believes machine learning is coming into its own as a means to achieve significant digital innovation across all business areas. "Machine learning is no longer science fiction," Hofmann told the automotiveIT Congress. The VW CIO also warned that automotive companies need to embrace artificial intelligence and the machine-learning part of the new technology. "For companies that don't do anything today, the race is run," he warned. Hofmann said interest in machine learning has been boosted by a massive increase in automotive data, coupled with a big increase in computing power available today. The growth of open-source software development also is helping the implementation of machine learning, he said.