Posts Tagged ‘worldmodel’

AI tools are being prepared for the physical world

April 8, 2026

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/02/25/ai-tools-are-being-prepared-for-the-physical-world

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PROJECT GENIE, an experimental artificial-intelligence model released by Google in January, is a jaw-dropping technical achievement. Give the tool a prompt—an image, say, or a brief snippet of text—and it will generate an interactive world for the user to explore. Type in a straightforward request, and the result is a realistic simulation. Start with a painting by Georges Seurat, by contrast, and you can wander through a Sunday in the park in perfect pointillist style. “}}

What Are ‘World Models’? The Key to the Next Big AI Leap – WSJ

January 2, 2026

What Are ‘World Models’? The Key to the Next Big AI Leap – WSJ https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/world-models-ai-evolution-11275913
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/world-models-ai-evolution-11275913?mod=article_inline

AI masters Minecraft: DeepMind program finds diamonds without being taught

April 26, 2025

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01019-w

Biever, C. (2025). AI masters Minecraft: DeepMind program finds diamonds without being taught. Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01019-w

Mastering diverse control tasks through world models | Nature

April 26, 2025

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08744-2

Hafner, D., Pasukonis, J., Ba, J., & Lillicrap, T. (2025). Mastering diverse control tasks through world models. Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08744-2