Baidu is set to disclose progress on its world model development, a technology focused on modeling and predicting physical environments. If applied to autonomous driving, the model could enhance prediction and decision-making capabilities in complex scenarios, supporting the scaled deployment of driverless vehicles. The company's robotaxi service, Apollo Go (Luobo Kuaipao), currently operates across 28 cities globally and has accumulated significant real-world road data. Baidu has also expanded into embodied intelligence, serving over 50 enterprises including the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, Agibot, Xinghaitu, and Unitree. The specific intended use cases for the new model and its direct integration with Apollo Go remain unclear, as Baidu declined to comment.