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I Let Wayve’s AI Car Drive Me Through London’s Busiest Streets

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Date Published
28 June 2024
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Created
28 June 2026, 12:01 pm

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Autonomous vehicle startup Wayve is betting its AI-powered driving system can beat Alphabet’s Waymo and Tesla. WSJ’s Stephen Wilmot took it for a ride to test the technology.

Summary

This report examines Wayve’s 'embodied AI' approach to autonomous driving, which utilizes end-to-end deep learning rather than traditional map-based systems. Testing the technology in complex London traffic showcases advancements in how frontier AI models interact with the physical world in high-stakes environments. While primarily focused on commercial transport applications, the transition to vision-language-action models in robotics highlights critical safety-alignment challenges and the potential for catastrophic kinetic risks if autonomous systems fail in dense urban areas. The coverage reflects the broader global race for dominance in frontier AI capabilities between specialized startups and established tech giants like Alphabet and Tesla.