Volkswagen to integrate ChatGPT into vehicle design

Volkswagen is integrating ChatGPT into its vehicles. As the Group announced at the CES in Las Vegas, the chatbot based on artificial intelligence will be made available in its own voice assistant, which can be used to control infotainment, navigation and air conditioning, for example, or to answer general knowledge questions.

ChatGPT will be offered in conjunction with the latest infotainment generation from the second quarter of 2024 in the first markets for the ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and ID.7 electric models as well as for the Tiguan, Passat and Golf. According to Volkswagen, the integration of ChatGPT into the backend of the IDA voice assistant will offer many new possibilities “that go far beyond the previous voice control”. According to the Wolfsburg-based company, customers will in future be able to “seamlessly access the constantly growing artificial intelligence database and have researched content read out to them while driving and interact with the car in natural language”.

The new function is based on the ‘Cerence Chat Pro’ programme from technology partner Cerence. Volkswagen describes itself as the first volume manufacturer to offer ‘ChatGPT’ in the first markets and in many models in series production from the second quarter of 2024.

“Volkswagen has always democratised technology and made it accessible to the many. This is simply ingrained in our DNA. As a result, we are now the first volume manufacturer to make this innovative technology a standard feature in vehicles from the compact segment upwards,” emphasises Kai Grünitz, Member of the Board of Management for Technical Development at Volkswagen.

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