World models

Google DeepMind Lead Researchers on Genie 3 & the Future of World-Building

Google DeepMind Lead Researchers on Genie 3 & the Future of World-Building

Google DeepMind researchers Jack Parker-Holder and Shlomi Fruchter detail the creation of Genie 3, a model that generates interactive, persistent worlds from text in real time. They cover its breakthrough spatial memory, emergent physical intuition, and its potential to revolutionize gaming, robotics, and AI agent training.

This Week in AI: GPT-5 Ships, 4o Pulled Back, Grok Imagine Goes Social

This Week in AI: GPT-5 Ships, 4o Pulled Back, Grok Imagine Goes Social

Partners Olivia and Justine Moore discuss the latest in consumer AI, including Grok's uniquely social and fast image generation, Google's interactive world model Genie 3, the user backlash to GPT-5's personality changes, ElevenLabs' licensed AI music model, and the emerging fragmentation of "vibecoding" platforms for technical and non-technical users.