"Ford is developing an AI assistant that will debut in the company's smartphone app, before expanding to its vehicles in 2027, the company announced Wednesday at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show. The company also teased a next-generation of its BlueCruise advanced driver assistance system that is both cheaper to make and more capable - ultimately leading to eyes-off driving in 2028."
"Ford says it digital assistant is hosted by Google Cloud and will be built using off-the-shelf LLMs, and the company is giving it deep access to vehicle-specific information. That means the assistant can answer high-level questions like "how many bags of mulch can my truck bed support?" But it also means owners will be able to ask for granular, real-time information like oil life."
Ford is developing an AI assistant that will debut in the company's smartphone app in early 2026 and expand into vehicles in 2027. The assistant will be hosted on Google Cloud, built with off-the-shelf large language models, and given deep access to vehicle-specific information. Users will be able to ask high-level questions like how many bags of mulch a truck bed can support and request granular, real-time data such as oil life. Ford also teased a next-generation BlueCruise system aimed at enabling eyes-off driving by 2028 and presented the news at CES 2026 during a "Great Minds" session.
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