Chinese tech giant Baidu and Uber have entered into a multi-year partnership to deploy Apollo Go autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the Uber platform across multiple international markets, excluding the US and mainland China. The companies announced that the first wave of deployments is expected to roll out in Asia and the Middle East by the end of 2025. Robin Li, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, said, “We are committed to bringing the benefit of autonomous driving technology to more people in more markets, and this partnership with Uber represents a major milestone in deploying our technology on a global…