According to media reports on October 28, Baidu intends to publicly reveal its R&D progress and groundbreaking achievements in the “world model” domain. As one of today’s most cutting-edge areas in global artificial intelligence, the world model’s core technology hinges on accurately creating dynamic models of real-world physical environments and forecasting future developments.
Industry analysts point out that if this technology can be implemented first in autonomous driving systems, it would greatly improve self-driving vehicles’ capacity for scenario prediction and intelligent decision-making under complex traffic conditions, thereby providing stronger foundational support for the large-scale commercial deployment of driverless cars. Over the past few years, Baidu’s autonomous driving service “Luobo Kuaipao” has already launched operations in 28 cities worldwide, amassing vast amounts of real-road driving data—laying a solid groundwork for the development and validation of its world model. However, at present, official details regarding the model’s specific commercial applications or its direct connection to the Luobo Kuaipao service remain undisclosed.
Coincidentally, Baidu previously announced that the “Baidu World 2026” conference is scheduled for November 12 at the Second Phase of the Beijing National Convention Center. With the theme “The Next Act: Intelligent Organizations,” the event echoes Robin Li’s iconic assertion from a decade ago—that “the next act of the internet is artificial intelligence”—further focusing industry attention on AI-driven organizational transformation and deep restructuring across sectors. As the conference date approaches, whether this highly anticipated progress on the world model will be officially unveiled at the event has become a major focus of both the tech community and capital markets.