The latest episode of the Google AI: Release Notes podcast focuses on Genie 3, a real-time, interactive world model. Host Logan Kilpatrick chats with Diego Rivas, Shlomi Fruchter, and Jack Parker-Holder from the Project Genie team to discuss the evolution from passive video generation to playable, simulated environments.
They dive deep into the technical challenges of maintaining world consistency and memory, the experience of “stepping inside” a 2D image, and the vision for world models as a critical training ground for future AI agents.
Watch the episode below, or listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
