GPT-6 Astra drives Toyota Corolla to In-N-Out
ai engineers used gpt-6 astra to drive a toyota corolla to get in-n-out burger, showing language models can navigate the real world. this could change how ai interacts with physical environments.
three ai engineers at axiom, aditya ramabadran, simon mahns, and tobias gessler, used openai's gpt-6 astra to drive a 2024 toyota corolla to an in-n-out burger drive-thru. they linked a chat interface to a server connected to windscreen-mounted cameras and the car's power steering system. a safety driver kept one foot above the brake. the model successfully navigated the vehicle to the take-out window. this experiment and others suggest language-based ai models are gaining a rudimentary understanding of the physical world. this could lead to new applications for ai, but also raises safety concerns.