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"ChatGPT is going to be in everything," GM Vice President Scott
Miller said in an interview last week.
The chatbot could be used to access information on how to use
vehicle features normally found in an owners manual, program
functions such as a garage door code or integrate schedules from
a calendar, Miller said.
"This shift is not just about one single capability like the
evolution of voice commands, but instead means that customers
can expect their future vehicles to be far more capable and
fresh overall when it comes to emerging technologies," a GM
spokesperson said on Friday.
The news was first reported by website Semafor, which said that
the American automaker was working on a virtual personal
assistant that uses AI models behind ChatGPT.
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced a multi-billion dollar
investment in ChatGPT-owner OpenAI and said it aims to add the
chatbot's technology into all its products.
Microsoft, like other big tech companies, has been ramping up
its efforts to embed more technology in vehicles, from
infotainment systems to automated driving to operating systems
that control battery performance and multiple other functions of
a vehicle.
GM in 2021 partnered with Microsoft to accelerate the
commercialization of driverless vehicles.
Shares of GM were down about 2% on Friday amid a broader drop.
(Reporting by Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru and Joseph White in
Detroit; Editing by Maju Samuel)
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