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In 2023, Uber has become a global powerhouse. It's available in numerous countries around the world. Competitors such as FreeNow, Lyft, etc., still have quite a long way to go before catching up to Uber.

Nevertheless, as time passes, Uber is constantly seeking out ways to grow and evolve. This is critical in today's world, which has become so fast-paced, reactive, and imbued with technology.

Breaking developments now confirm that the market can likely expect to see the famous rideshare app teaming up with artificial intelligence (AI) in the near future.

A closer look at the coming collaboration between Uber and AI

In real time, Uber is going through a critical patent acquisition process.

This patent would allow Uber to make use of AI that helps drivers and riders match with greater ease and based on more specific criteria. Right now, the matching of Uber drivers and riders remains largely driven by their proximity to one another in any given community.

Meanwhile, if Uber's patent goes through as planned, then AI would facilitate matchings based on more interpersonal details of users, such as their individual patterns. Likewise, bringing AI into the fold of Uber may also help reduce annoying waiting periods.

Regardless, with these latest developments, some questions have been raised concerning how this new business model would impact the sensitive data of both riders and drivers.

Uber moved towards acquiring the aforementioned pattern at the end of last month.

Only the tip of the iceberg

In addition to embracing AI, Uber also remains active in the process to bring self-driving, autonomous vehicles to the market.

The rideshare company is branding this as the next best step for various travels and deliveries. Though this endeavor has faced some stumbling blocks before fully coming to fruition.

In some cases over the years, autonomous, self-driving vehicles ended up crashing or causing accidents. Then, there's been public backlash from Americans who fear these vehicles will put many Uber drivers and delivery folks out of work.

Given the state of today's economy, more people are turning to Uber and other gig economy options to make ends meet. Hence, the prospect of potentially having the rug pulled out from under them lacks appeal.