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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 2026
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28 June 2026, 02:00 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.

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Wayve's 'AV2.0' approach represents a shift in frontier AI capabilities by utilizing end-to-end deep learning rather than traditional rule-based robotics. This transition to embodied AI models increases the complexity of safety verification during real-world navigation in high-density urban environments. While primarily focused on transportation, the advancement of autonomous decision-making in unpredictable settings highlights the ongoing challenges of ensuring reliability and preventing catastrophic physical failure in sophisticated AI systems. The demonstration underscores the competitive pressure among global AI firms to achieve level 4 autonomy, raising significant questions for international safety governance and regulatory framework development.