It's actually more dangerous not enabling more apps into CarPlay. People will use these apps regardless and picking up the phone to select an app, play the audio from a YouTube Video, picking up the phone to select a song or an album by an artist Siri won't find for no reason, etc. is much more dangerous than having hands free options as people will use the apps anyways. Allowing shortcuts to run apps even if they don't show up on the CarPlay screen is FAR safer than someone having to do the same thing by picking up the phone.
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Go listen to the podcast called "The Last Invention"... and you'll emerge with a new appreciation for the current and future state of AI in our world.
AI is not just about misfiring chat interfaces.
Dorv
macrumors 6502
Yes, it's just "some people on Macrumors," which is why AI companies were collectively worth [checks notes] $400B in 2025.
fatTribble
macrumors 68030
If folks enjoy this or it’s helpful, I’m happy for them.
When I used to drive to the mall as a teenager on a sunny day with the windows down listening to a great song, I never dreamed about someday talking to a chatbot.
When I used to drive to the mall as a teenager on a sunny day with the windows down listening to a great song, I never dreamed about someday talking to a chatbot.
jdawgnoonan
macrumors 65816
This way the crackpots can talk with their imaginary friends while driving. Stories like this one are somewhere between sad and hilarious (and maybe one day legally actionable when we have went as far down the AI rabbit hole as we have social media).
www.npr.org
ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her
ChatGPT sent screenwriter Micky Small down a fantastical rabbit hole. Now, she's finding her way out.
www.npr.org
You mean, like the AI companies that have been around for far longer, learning on focused datasets for far longer, and delivering real analytics for longer than anyone will admit?
mattopotamus
macrumors Pentium
Seoras
macrumors 6502a
The missing elephant in the room has an X in its name!
Another law suit incoming! 🤣
Another law suit incoming! 🤣
TVreporter
macrumors 68030
Have been unable to get CarPlay to read out WhatsApp messages despite the app showing up and notifications work.
I have little faith in these working well either.
I have little faith in these working well either.
Teslas now have Grok. Having an LLM integrated into the car is very cool. Glad to see this extended to CarPlay.
Ursadorable
macrumors 65816
Well … happened to me in Apple Maps, luckily just once. If it happens againt and in light of the changes rumored for iOS Maps, I would at least expect an ad for a nearby car ferry service … 😊
By your own recognition, being stressed (Distracted) out with kids in the car and you are going to add more things to distract you, should be the oposite.
dannys1
macrumors 601
Anti-AI folk are starting to become that joke that everyone says about vegans. How do you know someone is a vegan? Because they tell you again and again and again and again...
Apple_Robert
Contributor
This is the first time I have said I wouldn’t be turning on any of a particular AI feature, which is controlled by outside AI. I currently have Apple AI installed on my devices and use it with limited and defined use. Your post to me is misdirected.
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I wished I had recordings of the interactions with my kids in the car — I’d rather listen to them than engage with a no-being. I use the long drives to get caught up on my podcasts or indulge in music, I.e. content created by beings.
But this not a comment about quality of engagement & interaction, just about differences in preference.
CATiNTHESTORE
macrumors 6502a
dannys1
macrumors 601
It's more than it's a general theme on every AI thread at least 5 people on the first page will have to tell you how they definitely won't be using it or how they'll disable it immediately.
Apple_Robert
Contributor
That part I agree with. Of course that sort of forum nuance has been from the beginning.
When I go into town, I have to go through two roundabouts. I can always tell when someone is relying on a navigation system rather than reading the posted signs because they are looking & slowing down. I personally would not navigate with GemClauGPT but I would welcome it if the bots advised the confused slow-downers to look at the signs while doing an extra rotation.