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New Samsara Intelligence Uses AI to Help Fleets Operate Smarter

Samsara introduced an expanded suite of AI offerings, Samsara Intelligence, using artificial intelligence to help customers make smarter decisions and run safer, more efficient fleets.

New Samsara Intelligence Uses AI to Help Fleets Operate Smarter

Samsara Visual Intelligence can identify safety hazards from a photo of a jobsite, measure storage capacity from a photo of a trailer, or provide proof of delivery records from a photo of a bill of lading.

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Samsara introduced an expanded suite of AI offerings, Samsara Intelligence, using artificial intelligence to help customers make smarter decisions and run safer, more efficient fleets.

"Samsara Intelligence combines AI with an unprecedented scale of data," said Kiren Sekar, chief product officer at Samsara. 

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"Whether it's identifying risk to keep drivers safer on the road, replacing tedious data entry with a photo, or helping mechanics reduce asset downtime, Samsara Intelligence helps our customers operate smarter."

Samsara Intelligence is capable of processing more than 70 billion miles driven, 265 million digitized workflows, and 10 trillion data points each year. 

The diversity and breadth of this data is used to accurately train AI models that produce insights, automate tasks, and help fleet managers make better decisions, according to a news release.

Samsara Intelligence allows customers to fine-tune AI model sensitivity and customize workflows to suit their unique needs.

What Does Samsara Intelligence Do?

With Samsara Intelligence, customers gain expanded access to a range of AI solutions tailored to streamline operations and drive smarter decision-making.

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Today, this includes Samsara Assistant, a generative AI tool that provides instant answers to complex operational questions, and Intelligent Experiences, which offer embedded AI-driven recommendations and actions throughout Samsara’s platform to enhance operations processes.

Samsara Assistant can spot time-sensitive disruptions in daily operations, like unexpected stops, which might signal a driver is at risk or in need of assistance.

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Samsara Assistant

Samsara Assistant is an interactive generative AI tool that can deliver immediate answers to a wide range of questions that customers encounter daily. 

Examples of how customers use Samsara Assistant today include:

  • Identifying vehicles with severe fault codes and receiving step-by-step instructions to resolve them.

  • Spotting time-sensitive disruptions in daily operations, like unexpected stops, which might signal a driver is at risk or in need of assistance.

  • Determining which drivers have the highest safety scores and should be recognized for their high performance.

  • Understanding hours of service regulatory requirements for a new geography or vehicle type.

Intelligent Experiences

Intelligent Experiences embeds AI insights, recommendations, and actions throughout the Samsara platform. 

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AI Course Builder lets users upload policy and procedure documents to instantly create custom training modules.

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This multi-modal intelligence leverages all data across video, text, sensor, and diagnostics to make AI accessible for the frontline. Specific visual, coaching, and training offerings for Intelligent Experiences include:

  • Visual Intelligence: Empower workers with actionable insights from a photo. For example, identify safety hazards from a photo of a jobsite, measure storage capacity from a photo of a trailer, or provide proof of delivery records from a photo of a bill of lading.

  • Positive Recognition: Recognize safe drivers with automated messages and kudos, helping to improve engagement and foster a culture of responsibility on the road.

  • AI Course Builder: Improve safety and compliance while reducing administrative time by uploading policy and procedure documents to instantly create custom training modules.

Samsara Assistant and Intelligent Experiences are now available in beta to customers in North America. 

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