Baidu Apollo

Apollo World

In use

Agent-driven world model disclosed on Nov. 3, 2026 for testing and validating Apollo Go. Baidu says it models other road users as interactive agents, generates camera and lidar observations, and can run a full virtual trip from pickup to drop-off. Xinhua reported it is already used for Apollo Go global testing. A 100,000-kilometer-a-day line in that article is industry commentary, not a Baidu operating census.

Latest update Nov 5, 2026

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Current status

Disclosed Nov. 3, 2026 at the Shenzhen AI Day Apollo session. The apollo.auto news index read Nov. 5 has no Apollo World item. The 28-city, 23 million-trip, and 350 million-kilometer figures restated with the disclosure match the Sept. 2 Baidu post and are not a new census.

  1. Baidu discloses the Apollo World driving model

    At a Shenzhen AI Day session on Nov. 3, Baidu Apollo disclosed Apollo World, a world model it says is already used to test and validate Apollo Go. China Securities Journal and Yicai reported the session, including a closed loop of camera and lidar observations and agent-modeled traffic. The ride and kilometer totals restated there match the Aug. 18 Q2 figures already on the profile.

    www.cs.com.cn www.yicai.com

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