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Baidu Maps reports brief service outage amid autonomous driving push on Chinese roads

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Baidu Maps reports brief service outage amid autonomous driving push on Chinese roads

The map service operated by Baidu reported a brief service breakdown on Wednesday afternoon, according to its users and customer service staff, causing small disruptions to the growing number of smart vehicle operations that rely on the app. The outage was fixed by around 4pm the same day, according to Chinese media National Business Daily. … Read more

Chinese internet giant Baidu to provide map service for Tesla EVs, as US carmaker eyes mainland launch of self-driving system

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Chinese internet giant Baidu to provide map service for Tesla EVs, as US carmaker eyes mainland launch of self-driving system

Version 20 of Baidu Maps, a desktop and mobile web-mapping application released in April, will soon be available on Tesla’s EVs, the Beijing-based artificial intelligence (AI) champion said in a post on microblogging platform Weibo on Monday. Baidu Maps’ new lane-level, 3D navigation software will have a user interface that is “more intuitive” and “better … Read more