News Summary

• General Motors will add a conversational AI assistant powered by Google Gemini to its cars, trucks, and SUVs starting next year.
• GM is the latest automaker to lean in to generative AI-based assistants that promise to respond to driver requests in a more natural-sounding way.
• The Gemini assistant will be made available via the Play Store as an over-the-air upgrade to OnStar-equipped vehicles, model year 2015 and above.
• The assistant will also have access to the web to be able to answer certain questions like, “What’s the history of this bridge I’m driving over?”