Stellantis' Peugeot brand plans to use ChatGPT to improve voice assistants in its cars and pickup trucks.
The French brand joins its competitors such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz in using the famous AI chatbot.
“We offer ChatGPT for all our cars, including the new e-3008 and small commercial vehicles,” Jerome Micheron, Peugeot's director of product planning, said in a statement.
Peugeot plans to launch a trial version of its ChatGPT service, which is able to communicate with vehicle control units and answer many general or navigation-related questions, in five countries: France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The i-Cockpit integration service is expected to become a standard feature later this year.
Last year, Mercedes began trying to allow drivers to use ChatGPT. The AI-powered chatbot helps provide natural responses and handle a variety of queries, such as destination details and dinner suggestions.
Volkswagen announced earlier this month that it would integrate its voice assistant into ChatGPT by mid-year to enable interactive conversations with drivers.
TomTom has partnered with Microsoft to develop an AI-powered conversational assistant that allows drivers to speak naturally with the car and request specific stops or turn up the temperature along the way.
Peugeot also announced that it will introduce a new eight-year warranty for the e-3008, instead of the current two-year warranty, to encourage more drivers to switch to electric cars.
This optional service includes the electric motor, charger, drivetrain, electrical and mechanical components for a range of up to 100,000 miles or up to eight years.
Peugeot has confirmed its goal of launching a range of electric cars by the end of 2024, and the company is on track to achieve this goal with the launch of twelve electric cars by the end of the year.
Car manufacturers collect large amounts of data about drivers and passengers. According to Mozilla's September 2023 Privacy Report, almost all modern cars share or sell this data.
The data includes details such as distance traveled and geographic location. Cars also collect information about nearby passengers, pedestrians, etc., and this data often reaches a data broker.