© ROOT-NATION.com - Use of content is permitted with a backlink. General Motors has announced the launch of Google Gemini on approximately 4 million vehicles in the US, which will be one of the largest rollouts of the generative AI assistant in the automotive industry. The upgrade will replace the existing Google Assistant in Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC models released in 2022 and later equipped with the Google Built-in platform. “Gemini brings conversational artificial intelligence capabilities to millions of drivers across all market segments and price points to meet a wide range of everyday needs,” said Tim Tverdal, global vice president of product management at General Motors. – “This scale is only possible because of the connected car base that GM has built with OnStar over the past 30 years. This level of coverage has been made possible by GM’s decade-long investment in Android Automotive OS, the Google Built-in platform that provides Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC vehicles with native access to Google applications and services, as well as the OnStar connectivity infrastructure that has been the backbone of the connectivity system in General Motors vehicles since 1996. In practice, the difference between Google Assistant and Gemini is the depth of the dialog. In its current form, Google Assistant in cars works like a command recognition system: it is effective when the driver uses familiar phrases, but fails when they deviate from them. But Gemini is a large language model that can process free-form queries, preserve the context of the conversation, and support clarification without restarting the interaction. In addition, it works much better with different accents and non-standard wording. Read also: Car Reviews For drivers, the most noticeable change will be the processing of complex requests and switching between tasks within a single conversation. GM gave the following