"We've taken it throughout Wales, Scotland, rural parts of England and the complexities of driving it through central London. The AI has the intelligence to drive on roads, the same ones as you and I, just drive within the environment that we have today."
"Training an AI to drive in London was a different driving experience than the grid-like streets and wide boulevards you get in the United States, where they have been on the roads on a trial basis for some time."
"Wayve has said its confident its technology will allow autonomous vehicles to really drive anywhere, including on the UK's sometimes pothole-blighted roads."
Wayve, a British autonomous vehicle startup founded in 2017, secured $1.5bn in funding from investors including Microsoft and Nvidia for one of the largest funding rounds for a British company. The firm develops AI that learns from environmental data via sensors rather than relying on pre-mapped routes. Wayve plans to launch robotaxis in London this year through an Uber partnership. CEO Alex Kendall stated the technology can handle diverse driving conditions including potholes and complex urban environments across Wales, Scotland, rural England, and central London. The company faces competition from Waymo and Lyft-Baidu partnerships. Kendall emphasized that training AI for London's driving conditions differs significantly from US grid-like streets, and predicted autonomous vehicles will eventually become universal globally.
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