ChatGPT Will Soon Be in New Volkswagens :Comments

[Anthony Fongaro]

At the start of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Volkswagen will show off something interesting. Volkswagen will integrate ChatGPT into its existing IDA voice assistant. This will be offered on vehicles such as the ID electric vehicles, Tiguan, and Passat. 

Open AI's ChatGPT won't replace what Volkswagen currently offers. Instead, it will be utilized as a backup assistant if Volkswagen's IDA doesn't have an answer. Theoretically, you could ask your car random questions with ChatGPT to come up with an answer. Volkswagen hasn't given details for how much involvement ChatGPT will have, but a press release says it can "provide relevant responses to nearly every query imaginable."

Volkswagen has worked out how secure the integration will be. ChatGPT doesn't gain access to your vehicle data, so personal information shouldn't be compiled. Questions are "deleted immediately" so any personal questions won't be kept. ChatGPT integrates with VW's current infotainment system and uses the same voice. 

Kai Grünitz, a member of Volkswagen's Board of Management for Technical Development, said: "Volkswagen has always democratized 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 to vehicles from the compact segment upwards." 

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[Drew Dowdell]

.... but I just wanted a volume knob.

This crap is going to be all the rage for the next few years, and then it will be as passe as "Hey Mercedes...".

Furthermore, I don't use ChatGPT because I have to fact-check it too much.  ChatGPT is only as good as the data on the internet. If the internet data is inaccurate, ChatGPT will be inaccurate.  How many times have you looked up a store on Google Maps or whatever you use and found the store hours to be inaccurate?  Those hours are updated manually... by people... when they get around to it.

[surreal1272]

I think I’ll pass on Skynet in my car, thank you very much. 

[G. David Felt]

Yup, ChatGPT is a HARD NO in my auto!