Xpeng unveiled X-Mind, a vehicle AI framework designed to predict and reason about future traffic conditions before an autonomous vehicle acts. Presented at a CVPR 2026 workshop in Denver, the system shifts autonomous driving from a perception-action model to a prediction-and-reasoning structure. It uses a “Thought Sketch” of key driving elements rather than generating full future video, aiming to cut computation, improve real-time performance and make decision processes visual and easier to verify.

The government plans to localise physical AI full stack technology and expand its applications to manufacturing, agriculture, defence and caregiving. The Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled a strategy to build a cross-government data collection and use system and develop key technologies such as physical AI foundation models and world models. It also plans to develop specialised devices, networks, security and AI chip-based computing platforms, and to support investment, talent and standards and certification systems.