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Baidu's robotaxi unit, which began open-road testing in London, launched fully driverless commercial rides in Dubai, won Hong Kong's first driverless testing permits, and tested in Switzerland.
No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.
Standard UberX and Uber Comfort riders in two Dubai districts can now be matched with an empty Baidu Apollo Go car. The "Autonomous" button raises the odds; it is not the gate.
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Revenue fell for a fifth straight quarter because a 19 percent ad decline on a bigger base beats 25 percent AI growth on a smaller one. Capex tripled meanwhile.
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Second-quarter revenue fell 4% to 31.3 billion yuan as a 19% drop in online marketing outran a 2.5 billion yuan gain in AI. This is the subtraction every incumbent faces.
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