General Motors Co is exploring the use of ChatGPT as part of a broader partnership with Microsoft Corp, a company executive told Reuters.
“ChatGPT will be in everything,” GM Vice President Scott Miller said in an interview last week.
The chatbot can be used to access information on how to use vehicle features typically found in the owner’s manual, program functions like garage door codes or schedule integration, Miller said. from the calendar. “This change is not just about a single capability like the development of voice commands, but instead, customers can expect their future vehicles to have a variety of features,” said a GM spokesperson. more capable and fresh when it comes to emerging technologies.”
The news was first reported by the website Semafor, which says the US automaker is working on a virtual personal assistant that uses the AI models behind ChatGPT.
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a billion-dollar investment in ChatGPT owner OpenAI and said it aims to add chatbot technology to all of its products.
Microsoft, like other big tech companies, has ramped up efforts to embed more technology in vehicles, from infotainment systems to autonomous driving to operating systems. battery performance and many other functions of a vehicle.
GM in 2021 partnered with Microsoft to accelerate commercialization driverless car.
Shares of GM fell about 2% on Friday amid broader declines. (Reporting by Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru and Joseph White in Detroit; editing by Maju Samuel)
