The Cabin Is Listening

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A patent application filed by Ford in February 2024 describes a system that monitors passenger dialogue, parses conversations for keywords indicating destinations, and uses what it hears to time and customize advertisements. A second patent reads occupants' lips. The cabin has become an instrument.

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Ford filed a patent for an in-cabin ad system that listens to passenger conversations and parses them for destination keywords. A separate patent uses interior cameras to read lips when the microphone can’t hear clearly.

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