"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 owner's 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 two percent on Friday amid a
broader drop. © Reuters