GM's CFO says top executives are in a monthly race to use more AI. His team is 'middle of the pack.'

Paul Jacobson, GM's chief financial officer, sitting in the driver's seat on the right, said GM's executives compete on AI usage. Bloomberg/Getty Images GM's top executives have turned AI adoption into a friendly competition. The finance team is "middle of the pack," GM's chief financial officer said. GM says AI can cut costs and speed up car development as Chinese rivals gain ground. General Motors executives are competing with each other over AI use. On Wednesday, GM's chief financial officer, Paul Jacobson, said the top brass who report to CEO Mary Barra compare monthly AI-usage figures by function and department. "We have a healthy competition among all of Mary's senior leaders, where every month we show usage by function and department," he said in London at JPMorgan's US All Stars Conference in London. "That's a good, healthy competition across the board."