The Palace of Versailles welcomes some eight million visitors annually. (AFP pic)
\nPARIS: Visitors to France\u2019s famed Palace of Versailles can now strike up a conversation with talking statues instead of listening to a traditional audio guide, as part of a new collaboration with artificial intelligence companies, the palace has said.<\/p>\n
Versailles late Monday announced a partnership with US-based OpenAI and French start-up Ask Mona to bring a modern AI touch to the iconic 17th-century palace.<\/p>\n
Curious visitors can delve into Versailles\u2019 rich history by scanning a QR code next to one of some 20 garden statues \u2013 triggering interactive conversations in French, English, or Spanish.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Palace of Versailles is now testing artificial intelligence, whose tremendous capabilities will greatly enrich the visitor experience,\u201d said the museum\u2019s president, Christophe Leribault.<\/p>\n
The heritage site welcomes some eight million visitors annually, with OpenAI and Ask Mona saying it was a golden opportunity to showcase their technology in a world-famous location.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether you\u2019re a heritage expert, a museum curator, or a visitor setting foot in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles for the first time, there\u2019s something for everyone,\u201d said Julie Lavet, OpenAI\u2019s head of European partnerships.<\/p>\n
And Ask Mona\u2019s president said this partnership is a chance to highlight AI\u2019s lesser explored applications.<\/p>\n
\u201cOften, when we think of artificial intelligence, we think of it in terms of productivity, but here, it\u2019s really artificial intelligence that is a lever for curiosity,\u201d said Marion Carre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Palace of Versailles welcomes some eight million visitors annually. (AFP pic) PARIS: Visitors to France\u2019s famed Palace…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[1942,85522,2000,299,36,85523,1318,85524,39580,326,5006,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-215135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-ask-mona","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-garden-statues","14":"tag-openai","15":"tag-palace-of-versailles","16":"tag-qr-codes","17":"tag-tech","18":"tag-tourism","19":"tag-travel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114748156371370983","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}