China's Baidu has a "highly autonomous car" in the works

Google has been working valiantly on its self-driving (autonomous) car, as well as certain auto makers like Volvo. China's Baidu has revealed that it is also entering the self-driving car industry, only its system won't entirely get rid of the driver, instead serving as an "intelligent assistant". The information comes from Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning deputy director Kai Yu, …