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 collaboration with Microsoft. Traffic lights similarly reported last week that “people with product knowledge” had specified that GM was 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 of the project in an interview with Reuters last week, saying that “ChatGPT is going to be in everything”. Miller said the chatbot could go beyond voice commands currently used in vehicles by providing drivers with information about their vehicle’s characteristics, such as advising the driver on what action to take when a diagnostic light appears on the dashboard. dashboard or instruct the user on how to change a flat tire by displaying a video demonstration on the vehicle’s infotainment system.
GM’s voice assistant may not behave exactly like ChatGPT, as OpenAI’s technology will be tuned specifically for vehicles.
Ford’s as-yet-unnamed assistant could also program features like garage door codes or integrate user schedules from a calendar to remind the driver of upcoming meetings and tasks. According Traffic lightsGM’s voice assistant won’t necessarily behave like ChatGPT or Bing Chat, as the company plans to apply a “car-specific layer” to the OpenAI technology.
“This change is not just about a single capability like the evolution of voice commands, but it means that customers can expect their future vehicles to be much more capable and new overall when it comes to emerging technologies.” a GM spokesman said. Reuters on Friday.
Microsoft already has a “long-term strategic relationship” with General Motors, having partnered with Cruise, the automaker’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, in 2021 to use Microsoft’s Azure platform to develop GM’s self-driving vehicles. There’s still no release schedule or even formal announcement for General Motor’s ChatGPT integration plans, and with details so scant, it could be a while before we recreate scenes from knight’s walkr in a new Chevrolet.
