Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz to bring an AI car to market within a year

Nvidia already announced a partnership at CES to bring a AI self-driving car to production, and now Mercedes-Benz is also teaming up with the GPU-maker on a vehicle with AI on board. Nvidia and Mercedes-Benz are also setting an ambitious timeline for their goal; the two will field this new vehicle within the next 12 months, Nvidia confirmed to TechCrunch. The news came out on stage at a talk between Mercedes-Benz VP of Digital Vehicle and Mobility Sajjad Khan, and Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang on Friday at CES. It's the result of a project the two began together three years ago, which helps explain why the car will be ready to get to customers by 2018. Mercedes and Nvidia have been working together with a specific focus on deep learning and AI.