Alibaba's Qwen-Drive 1.0 unifies perception, traffic Q&A and planning in one driving model
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-07
Alibaba's research arm has released Qwen-Drive 1.0, a single AI model that handles environmental perception, traffic Q&A, and route planning together, with the goal of running both the cockpit and the driving system from one model. The researchers show that text-image models don't automatically understand 3D space—spatial awareness must be trained deliberately. The model can explain why it brakes, though its explanation may not always match the actual maneuver.
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