World models are the building blocks to the next era of physical AI -- and a future in which AI is more firmly rooted in our reality.

Step aside, LLMs. The next big step for AI is learning, reconstructing and simulating the dynamics of the real world.

Instead of building yet another LLM, LeCun is focused on something he sees as more broadly applicable. He wants AI to learn ...

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Alibaba's mapping arm Amap is pushing into 'world models' with FantasyWorld, betting spatial AI can power navigation and new ...

Satya Nadella has decided that if people are going to call generative tools “AI slop,” he is going to answer them in long form. The Microsoft chief has launched a personal series, “sn scratchpad,” to ...

In March, Google showed off its first Genie AI model. After training on thousands of hours of 2D run-and-jump video games, the model could generate halfway-passable interactive impressions of those ...

Robotics startup 1X Technologies has developed a new generative model that can make it much more efficient to train robotics systems in simulation. The model, which the company announced in a new blog ...

Nvidia is getting into world models — AI models that take inspiration from the mental models of the world that humans develop naturally. At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the company announced that it is ...

World Labs Technologies, a company founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li that’s focused on developing breakthrough artificial intelligence models, today announced the launch of its first commercial world ...