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Baidu's 李彦宏: Embodied AI today is roughly where autonomous driving was around 2016

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Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Baidu World 2026 conference on November 12, Baidu founder 李彦宏 said that embodied AI today is roughly at the development level of autonomous driving around 2016. He said autonomous driving is a technology direction Baidu has pursued for over a decade and that Baidu's autonomous driving is currently in the global first tier, and he believes autonomous driving will be an indispensable part of AI technology competition and that Apollo Go has very good prospects. He also mentioned that Apollo Go and the Shenzhou Rental Car team have combined traditional car rental services with autonomous vehicles to create what is currently the world's only autonomous vehicle rental model, which has been operating for more than a year; visitors to Hainan can now not only hail an autonomous vehicle but also rent one.

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Baidu's 李彦宏: Today's embodied intelligence is roughly equivalent to autonomous driving around 2016

IT Home live report, November 12: At the opening ceremony of today's Baidu World 2026 conference, Baidu founder 李彦宏 said that today's embodied intelligence is roughly equivalent to the development level of autonomous driving around 2016.

李彦宏 said that autonomous driving is a technology direction Baidu has persisted in for more than a decade, and Baidu's autonomous driving is currently in the global first tier. He believes that autonomous driving will be an indispensable part of AI technology competition, and he also strongly believes that Apollo Go has very good development prospects.

IT Home learned at the conference site that 李彦宏 also mentioned that many people say they want to buy an Apollo Go car, and today he can tell everyone that at least for now, you can rent an Apollo Go car. The teams of Apollo Go and CAR Inc. have joined hands to deeply integrate traditional car rental services with autonomous vehicles, creating the world's only autonomous vehicle rental model, which has already been operating for more than a year. Now when people go to Hainan for a trip, they can not only hail an autonomous vehicle but also rent one.

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