Did Baidu Apollo unveil Apollo World, an agent-driven multimodal world model for physical AI?
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36Kr cites Baidu’s AI Day · Apollo disclosure; primary Baidu deck/model card not re-opened.
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36Kr, citing Baidu, reports that at Baidu AI Day · Apollo in Shenzhen on November 3, 2026, Baidu Apollo first disclosed Apollo World, an agent-driven multimodal world model aimed at physical AI, and proposed a “2+3” world-model judgment standard. In the virtual city built with Apollo World, vehicles and pedestrians are described as decision-making AI agents rather than scripted props. Primary Baidu Apollo materials beyond the 36Kr flash were not re-opened.