ChatGPT-powered voice commands coming to Mercedes-Benz cars

ChatGPT is a valuable assistant, however, it has so far been confined to your computer screen and other personal devices.

On Thursday, Mercedes-Benz revealed It is integrating ChatGPT into its vehicles to power the in-car voice control system, with the aim of making its cars more intuitive and intelligent.

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The AI ​​chatbot will support the “Hey Mercedes” MBUX voice assistant with more natural dialogue.

According to the release, due to ChatGPT’s natural language processing capabilities, the voice assistant will be able to understand natural voice commands and even hold conversations.

In addition to being able to respond to commands about weather and sports updates, it can now provide more comprehensive answers, including dinner suggestions and new information about your destination.

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The integration will be made available to 900,000 US vehicles through a three-month beta program. The response to the program will affect how Mercedes-Benz handles the larger rollout.

Joining the beta is easy as all you have to do is say “Hey Mercedes, I’d like to join the beta program” from your vehicle or join via the app.

The integration will happen over the air through the Azure OpenAI service, a Microsoft Azure service that allows people to integrate ChatGPT for a wide variety of use cases.

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Mercedes-Benz assures users that their data will remain safe and secure. The data from the voice commands is stored anonymously in the Mercedes-Benz Intelligent Cloud where it can be analyzed.

The company also says that customers will know what information is stored for what purpose at all times.