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DeepMind thinks its new Genie 3 world model presents a stepping stone toward AGI
Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that the AI lab says presents a crucial stepping stone on the path to artificial general intelligence, or human-like intelligence.
Like Veo, it doesn’t rely on a hard-coded physics engine; instead, DeepMind says, the model teaches itself how the world works – how objects move, fall, and interact – by remembering what it has generated and reasoning over long time horizons. Still, the model presents a compelling step forward in teaching agents to go beyond reacting to inputs, letting them potentially plan, explore, seek out uncertainty, and improve through trial and error – the kind of self-driven, embodied learning that many say is key to moving towards general intelligence. Rebecca Bellan is a senior reporter at TechCrunch, where she covers Tesla and Elon Musk’s broader empire, autonomy, AI, electrification, gig work platforms, Big Tech regulatory scrutiny, and more.
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