Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

We’ve got a special episode of Decoder today. I’m talking to General Motors CEO Mary Barra and new GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson about a lot of big news the company just announced. That includes a Google Gemini-powered AI assistant that’s coming to new cars, and an entirely new hardware and software platform coming to the Escalade IQ in 2028 alongside true Level 3 autonomous driving. There’s also a new home battery business and a new robotics division. It’s a lot, and it all comes against the backdrop of President Trump’s trade wars, tariffs, and...