"I think this is a secular growth trend for many years," Hotard said. "The reason I say that is if you look at what we are doing in AI today, we are largely using LLMs for language-based applications." "Autonomous vehicles are still in the early days of penetration. Augmented and virtual reality, smart glasses. Very low penetration. Robotics. Very low penetration. There's so many applications to come that I think we are very much in the early days," he continued.
Steve Riley, head of IT operations and service management at Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, gave ZDNET a tour of his racing team's state-of-the-art technology campus in Brackley, UK, and reflected on the impact digital and data have on the sport. "Technology is more crucial in Formula One than ever," he said. "Any sort of manufacturing function in an F1 team many years ago wouldn't necessarily be quite as reliant on IT services as they are today."