A Toyota Corolla Gets a New Kind of Driver

Researchers gave four leading AI language models full command of a Toyota Corolla, handing each one the accelerator, the brake pedal and the wheel, along with written instructions on how to work them. ChatGPT showed it could do the job, and some of the other models found the task harder. The car is worth noticing too: the researchers used the familiar Corolla, a sedan many American households already have in the driveway. For readers who care who sits behind the wheel, the newest candidate turns out to be software that learned to drive from written prompts.

With reporting from The Drive.