Google DeepMind announced Genie 2, a world modeling AI that can create 3D worlds and maintain those environments for significantly longer periods of time. Genie 2 is not a game engine. This is a diffusion model that generates images as a player (human or another AI agent) moves through the world that the software is simulating. All you need to get started is a single image prompt, generated from AI or a real-world photo.
There are limits: DeepMind says the model can generate a “coherent” world for up to 60 seconds, and the majority of the examples the company shared on Wednesday ran in significantly less time, with most videos lasting It is between 10 and 20 seconds. The longer Genie 2 takes to maintain the illusion of a consistent world, the softer and more broken the image quality becomes.
— Matt Smith
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