'China's Google' is on a roll

摘要

Is baidu about to step it up a gear? Rumours have been circulating that the Chinese search engine is developing a bike that could drive itself through packed city streets. The project isn't ready to be launched yet but Baidu confirmed it is exploring the idea. The news is intriguing, and not just because self-navigating bikes would be cool, Research into autonomous vehicles is yet another way that Baidu is following Google's model of pushing at the boundaries of artificial intelligence.