General Motors Unveils OnStar AI Assistant and Expanded Hands-Free Driving at GM Forward
During the GM Forward event held in New York City on Wednesday, General Motors, under the leadership of Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson, unveiled its plans for artificial intelligence in vehicles. The new OnStar AI in-car assistant is set to launch with the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq, designed to manage voice commands and possibly assist with child pickups. GM's goal is to reduce its vehicle development timeline by 50% to compete with Chinese manufacturers and to expand its "eyes-off" highway driving technology to more mainstream models, following its commitment to the Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028. Anderson also criticized Tesla's "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)" for misleading consumers about autonomy, highlighting that Americans drove approximately 2.76 trillion miles last year, totaling 95 billion hours behind the wheel.
Key facts
- GM announced OnStar AI, an in-car AI assistant, at its GM Forward event in New York City
- OnStar AI will first appear in 2027 Cadillac Lyriqs
- The OnStar name comes from a 30-year-old service with 12 million subscribers
- GM aims to halve its four- to five-year vehicle development time using AI
- GM previously said eyes-off driving would reach the Cadillac Escalade IQ in 2028
- Super Cruise allows hands-free driving on hundreds of thousands of miles of pre-mapped highways
- Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson formerly led Tesla's Autopilot program
- Americans drove about 95 billion hours and 2.76 trillion miles last year
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- Sterling Anderson
Institutions
- General Motors
- Cadillac
- OnStar
- Tesla
- WIRED
Locations
- New York City
- United States