Baidu Apollo World World Model for Autonomous Driving Debuts
World models are becoming the training ground where driving policies are stress-tested before touching real roads, and Baidu's 2+3 criteria give the field a concrete checklist for judging them. Engineers working on autonomous driving, robotics or embodied AI can use the framework to benchmark competing world models. Baidu (Apollo) also signals how Chinese AV players are closing the sim-to-real loop domestically, a useful comparison point against Waymo and Tesla approaches.