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Former ‘Top Gear’ Host James May Tests Tesla's Grok-Powered AI Voice Assistant ‘Ara’: ‘It's Slightly Odd...’

Aug 17, 2026 · 06:54 AM ET· updated 2h ago
Former ‘Top Gear’ Host James May Tests Tesla's Grok-Powered AI Voice Assistant ‘Ara’: ‘It's Slightly Odd...’

Journalist James May tests Tesla's AI voice assistant, highlighting different personalities, features and more.

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Tesla made a new AI voice assistant called Ara that can talk to you in the car. When someone famous tried it out, they said it works but feels a little strange—which tells us Tesla is experimenting with new tech, though we don't know yet if customers will really love it.

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