# Driving the Code: Where the Rubber Meets the Software-Defined Road

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Podcast: [Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/amelia-s-weekly-fish-fry-166630)
Published: 2026-03-13T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://techfocus.podbean.com/e/when-ai-drives-software-defined-cars-and-the-future-of-control/
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## Resource

In this week’s Fish Fry we’re casting our line into one of the most transformative shifts happening in the automotive industry today: the rise of software-defined systems! Nitish Rao from MathWorks and I take a closer look at which vehicle functions are best handled by AI-driven systems, and which still depend on the reliability of traditional control software and how virtual ECUs and digital twins enable simulation and validation before real hardware. We also discuss a question many engineers are asking: can software and AI actually reduce hardware costs?

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