--- title: "General Motors Wants to Put ChatGPT in Its Cars" description: "AI chatbots are all the rage, and a ChatGPT-based one is coming to General Motors' cars, according to a company executive." date: "2023-03-14" modified: "2023-03-14" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/general-motors-chatgpt-cars" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" - "OpenAI" tags: - "cars" - "chatgpt" - "general motors" - "the digest" --- # General Motors Wants to Put ChatGPT in Its Cars ![AI chatbots are all the rage, and a ChatGPT-based one is coming to General Motors' cars, according to a company executive.]() *\Image: Jeff Kowalsky via Getty / Futurism\* ## Onboard Assistant General Motors is making use of its existing collaboration with Microsoft by exploring ways to incorporate a ChatGPT-powered assistant into its cars, [*Reuters* reports](), confirming an earlier [*Semafor* report.]() "ChatGPT is going to be in everything," GM Vice President Scott Miller told *Reuters* in an interview. In other words, the carmaker is looking to cash in on the AI trend by shoehorning an AI chatbot, which has a [strong tendency to lie and mislead](), into its cars. What could possibly go wrong? Clearly, very little thought has been put into the idea so far, with Miller spitballing some possible use cases. Beyond executing simple commands like changing the volume, Miller says a future AI could provide users with information on using a car's features, be used to program a garage door, or even integrate your virtual calendar of choice. Miller elaborated to *Semafor* that this could look like asking the car how to change a tire if one of them became flat, which could then prompt the car to play an instructional video. Or, perhaps, it could even inform a driver on whether they should keep driving or pull over immediately. In short, it won't exactly be KITT from the 80s TV show "Knight Rider," but it would be more than what cars currently can do. "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 told *Reuters*. ## Car Tech Car companies have long had a terminal case of Silicon Valley envy, especially since all-powerful smartphones started making up for lackluster infotainment systems in almost every recently built car on the road today. For better or worse, incorporating an AI chatbot that could potentially replace a smartphone assistant like Apple's Siri seems like a natural inevitability for the industry, especially given the general boom of investment in AI technology. How that will work out with an AI like ChatGPT, which can be [unreliable when it comes to dispensing factual information]() or working within a specific context, remains to be seen. **More on ChatGPT:** *[ChatGPT Is Coming to Slack Because We Live and Work in Hell]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()