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GM to Launch Gemini-Powered In-Car AI Assistant

8/1/2026

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General Motors will launch an in-vehicle AI assistant later this year.
Anna Santos, GM’s voice and AI director, said the assistant will merge AI, vehicle knowledge and OnStar to better understand drivers and simplify ownership.
The assistant builds on Google’s Gemini AI, already in 2022-and-newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC models, and adds telemetry, a kids-setting for music and climate, plus natural-language controls for temperature, radio and trivia.

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General Motors will launch an in-vehicle AI assistant later this year.
Anna Santos, GM’s voice and AI director, said the assistant will merge AI, vehicle knowledge and OnStar to better understand drivers and simplify ownership.
The assistant builds on Google’s Gemini AI, already in 2022-and-newer Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC models, and adds telemetry, a kids-setting for music and climate, plus natural-language controls for temperature, radio and trivia.