GM considers using ChatGPT in vehicles

general motors company A company executive told Reuters that the company is considering using ChatGPT as part of a wider collaboration with Microsoft Corp.

“ChatGPT will be built into everything” GM Vice President Scott Miller said in an interview last week.

According to Miller, chatbots can be used to access information on how to use vehicle features typically found in the owner’s manual, programmatic features such as garage door codes, or how to integrate schedules from calendars. A GM spokesperson said Friday, “This change is not about a single feature like the evolution of voice commands, but rather that customers want future cars to be much more capable and fresher overall when it comes to new technology. It means that you can expect

The news was first reported by website Semafor, which said the American automaker was working on a virtual personal assistant that would use an AI model behind ChatGPT.

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a multi-billion dollar investment in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, saying it aims to add chatbot technology to all of its products.

Microsoft, like other big tech companies, is stepping up its efforts to incorporate more technology into vehicles, from infotainment systems to autonomous driving to the operating systems that control them. battery Vehicle performance and multiple other features.

GM will partner with Microsoft in 2021 to unmanned vehicle.

GM shares fell about 2% on Friday in a broader decline. (Reporting by Nathan Gomez, Bengaluru and Joseph White, Detroit; Editing by Maju Samuel)