Nvidia unveils open-source AI for autonomous driving, ships in Mercedes-Benz CLA in Q1 2026
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Key Points:
- Nvidia unveiled Alpamayo, a new family of open-source AI models designed to enhance autonomous driving by enabling “reasoning” about road scenarios, addressing rare edge cases that typically challenge self-driving systems.
- The flagship Alpamayo 1 model is a 10-billion-parameter Vision-Language-Action model that not only plans driving trajectories but also explains its decision-making process, improving transparency for regulators and developers.
- Nvidia is releasing Alpamayo 1 model weights, an end-to-end simulation framework (AlpaSim), and extensive driving datasets openly to encourage adoption and position itself as the “Android of Autonomy” amid competitors like Tesla.
- The 2025 Mercedes-Benz CLA will be the first production vehicle to feature Nvidia’s full
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