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GM Collaborates with Microsoft to Integrate Chatbot Technology into Future Cars

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source: Teslarati General Motors (GM) is collaborating with Microsoft to bring a ChatGPT-style AI assistant to its vehicles, allowing drivers to communicate with their cars in a conversational voice interface. Although this technology won't give cars self-driving capabilities or missile firing capabilities like KITT from the 1982 TV series Knight Rider, it will allow drivers to ask their cars how to fix a flat tire or explore vehicle features found in the manual. The AI assistant can also integrate schedules on a calendar and program a garage door code. Microsoft's heavy investment in OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, aims to apply chatbot technology to a variety of fields. GM Vice President Scott Miller stated in an interview that "ChatGPT is going to be in everything." However, one potential issue with large language models like ChatGPT is their tendency to generate convincing errors when reporting factual information. GM and Microsoft will need to address this issue before releasing the LLM-based solution to the market. KITT, the AI-equipped car from Knight Rider, could speak and understand natural language in fluid conversation and react to its surroundings dynamically. It was also capable of driving itself, which car manufacturers have been struggling to achieve with different forms of AI that have nothing to do with LLMs. Although GM's collaboration with Microsoft will not give cars self-driving capabilities, it will allow drivers to communicate with their cars in a way that was once only possible in science fiction. Source: Research Snipers GM's spokesperson stated that this shift in technology is not just about a single capability like 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. While KITT from Knight Rider was a modified 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, if GM does not license the name KITT for its automotive AI assistant, it could be a significant missed opportunity. GM's collaboration with Microsoft to bring ChatGPT-style AI assistant to its vehicles will allow drivers to communicate with their cars in a conversational voice interface. Although this technology won't give cars self-driving capabilities, it will enable drivers to ask their cars how to fix a flat tire or explore vehicle features found in the manual. This innovation means that customers can expect their future vehicles to be more capable and fresh overall when it comes to emerging technologies.

By Monica Green

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