S/ Mori Ayaka, NTV Reporter / What do you think will be required of cars in the future?

S/ Toyoda Akio AI / What will be required of cars in the future is, of course, things like peace of mind and safety, but I don't think that is all.

This is an AI alter ego of Toyota Motor Chairman Toyoda Akio that has learned from his past remarks.

It is already being utilized by the automaker's senior management, and Toyota hopes to use it in future training programs to develop next-generation leaders and engineers.

The Inventor Garage, a development hub at Toyota's experimental Woven City, stands on a site that was originally an automobile pressing plant.

The facility began operating in April and serves as a base for experiments and tests involving AI and other technologies, including future cars, their production and infrastructure aimed at eliminating traffic accidents.

S/ Toyoda Daisuke, Senior Vice President, Woven by Toyota / We are looking to expand the strengths Toyota has developed beyond cars into communities, creating a place where technology and people intersect and multiply. Here, we generate new value while utilizing AI. It is a multiplication of heritage and innovation. 

There are other AI technologies currently under development.

S/ AI being developed / Sport mode is useful when merging. Would you like me to explain?

S/ Driver / Tell me about it.

S/ AI being developed / Understood. Traffic is heavy ahead, so I will provide the information shortly.

This AI analyzes road conditions and the driver's facial expressions to assess fatigue and mental state, then provides warnings and advice at appropriate times.

The automaker also unveiled an AI system that verbalizes the movements of people and vehicles captured on camera and predicts what will happen next.

Toyota Motor officials say they want the Inventor Garage to become a place where companies and individuals both inside and outside the group collaborate to develop industrial technologies that create new value.