GM Raided Silicon Valley to Build Its New AI Team. Here’s What It’s Doing
In the last eight months, GM has made nearly a dozen hires from top tech companies—from Google to Meta to AWS—with the aim of building a small but elite AI center of excellence, much of it based in Mountain View, CA. For many companies, the challenge posed by artificial intelligence rests in how to make practical use of it in operations. For many companies, the challenge posed by artificial intelligence rests in how to make practical use of it in operations. For a company like GM, that could mean incorporating AI into back-office workflows, but also into future fleets of autonomous vehicles, manufacturing robots and even motor sports. Using robots and other tech to make manufacturing more efficient—a goal GM has worked on for decades—will be even more critical as the company looks to bump up U.S. production and mitigate the cost of President Trump’s tariffs. GM Raided Silicon Valley to Build Its New AI Team. Here’s What It’s Doing. – WSJ