The AI language models behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT could soon power virtual assistants in General Motors vehicles. As reported by Reuters on Friday, a GM executive revealed that the US automaker is exploring potential uses for ChatGPT as part of a broader partnership with Microsoft. Semaphore similarly, last week reported that “people with knowledge of the product” had specified that GM is using Microsoft’s Azure cloud service – which includes a ChatGPT API – to develop a virtual personal assistant for its vehicles.
GM Vice President Scott Miller provided some details for the project in an interview with Reuters last week, saying that “ChatGPT will be in everything.” Miller claimed the chatbot could go beyond voice commands currently used in vehicles by providing drivers with information about their vehicle’s features, such as advising the driver on what action to take when a diagnostic light appears on the dashboard or instructing the user how he should act. change a flat tire by displaying a video demonstration on the vehicle’s infotainment system.
GM’s voice assistant probably won’t behave exactly like ChatGPT, as OpenAI’s technology will be tailored specifically for vehicles.
Ford’s as-yet unnamed assistant can also program functions such as garage door codes or integrate user schedules from a calendar to remind the driver of upcoming meetings and tasks. According to SemaphoreGM’s voice assistant won’t necessarily behave like ChatGPT or Bing Chat, as the company plans to apply a “car-specific layer” to OpenAI’s technology.
“This shift isn’t just about a single capability, such as the evolution of voice commands, but instead means that customers can expect their future vehicles to be generally much more capable and fresh when it comes to emerging technologies,” a GM said. -spokesman. Reuters on Friday.
Microsoft already has a “long-term strategic relationship” with General Motors, having partnered with the automaker’s self-driving subsidiary Cruise in 2021 to use Microsoft’s Azure platform to develop GM’s autonomous vehicles. There’s no release timeline or even a formal announcement for General Motor’s ChatGPT integration plans yet, and because details are so limited, it might be a while before we see scenes from Knight Rider in a new Chevrolet.
