For a while now, many AI researchers have been working to integrate a so-called “world model” into their systems. Ideally, these models could infer a simulated understanding of how in-game objects and ...

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 ...

BEIJING, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 24 August 2026 - HiDream.ai today launched HiDream-O1-World, a native omni-modal interactive world model that lets users generate complete, explorable 3D ...

Google’s Genie 3 can generate a range of 3D environments. Courtesy Google DeepMind Biking on a narrow mountain road in India, driving through volcanic terrain and wingsuit flying over the Alps—these ...

Thinking Machines Lab Inc., the artificial intelligence research startup founded by former OpenAI Group PBC Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, wants to move beyond the era of “turn-based” AI ...

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Editor's take: In Ernest Cline's 2015 novel Ready Player One, "Oasis" was a virtual interactive dystopia with life-like graphics and too many Delorean replicas fighting to uncover the game's hidden ...

In a student-driven AI interaction model, each student takes ownership of their interactions with a generative AI platform (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.). Beginning from a shared, structured starting prompt, ...