Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 generates interactive 3D worlds to prepare A.I. agents for real-world tasks and move closer to AGI.

Katie Parrott in Vibe Check Was this newsletter forwarded to you? Sign up to get it in your inbox. It was a crowded week for AI model releases—so crowded, it’s hard not to suspect that the big labs ...

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Genie 3 is the first real-time interactive general purpose world model,” announced Shlomi Fruchter, DeepMind research ...

Google has addressed growing concerns that its new AI Overviews feature is reducing traffic to websites, claiming that total ...

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