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Mercedes-Benz will use Google’s new Automotive AI Agent in the upcoming CLA.

The automaker announced its upgraded MBUX Virtual Assistant at CES last year, which can carry conversations with passengers. However, it did not share the LLM partner behind the technology at the time, which we now know is Google Cloud with this new tailor-made vehicular AI Agent running on Vertex AI.

Correction: MBUX Virtual Assistant was announced at CES 2024, not 2025.

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