US carmaker Ford and Chinese tech firm Baidu have unveiled a two-year pilot scheme to develop and test Level 4 autonomous vehicles - cars which do not need a human driver. No financial or other details were revealed, but testing of Ford's autonomous cars featuring Baidu's Apollo autonomous driving system is set to begin at the end of this year. Baidu was recently added to the Partnership on AI (PAI), a U.S. ethics body devoted to establishing best practices for AI and educating society about the technology. The two companies are working together on developing an automated car that can drive itself without any driver input in order for it to be able to operate safely around busy roads with heavy traffic.
US carmaker Ford and Chinese tech firm Baidu have unveiled a two-year pilot scheme to develop and test Level 4 autonomous vehicles - cars which do not need a human driver. No financial or other details were revealed, but testing of Ford's autonomous cars featuring Baidu's Apollo autonomous driving system is set to begin at the end of this year. The two companies are working together on developing an automated car that can drive itself without any driver input in order for it to be able to operate safely around busy roads with heavy traffic.