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Digital Personal Assistants (DPA)

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Joe Pistell argues that AI-powered Digital Personal Assistants (DPAs) will disruptively transform automotive retail within 24 months, creating a divide between dealers who adopt them and those who don't. The discussion explores how DPAs combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with Large Action Models (LAMs)—like Rabbit—could automate complex multi-app workflows through conversational interfaces, though participants debate whether such functionality truly requires new devices or can be delivered through existing channels like SMS and web chat. The emerging consensus suggests that seamless, AI-driven conversational experiences integrated with structured dealer data represent the real opportunity, regardless of the underlying platform.

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