Google’s next Genie AI model generates more realistic experiences
Google’s next Genie AI model generates more realistic experiences
Google releases Genie 4 world model, supporting more realistic interactive experiences. The model adopts the Gemini 3.8 Flash architecture, capable of updating experiences in real-time via natural language, generating audio, and supporting scenes up to two minutes long (an improvement over Genie 3's one minute).
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How the accounts differ:The Verge states the model supports up to two minutes of scenes, while Ars Technica and TechCrunch mention improvements in physics and character simulation but do not specify the scene duration.
- The Verge · AI··First·Reading now
Google Genie 4 World Model Released: Supports More Realistic Interactive Experience
- Ars Technica · AI··+0 min
DeepMind releases Genie 4 world model, claims physics and character simulation are more realistic
Adds:DeepMind mentions the model's integration with Gemini AI and the use of Gemini 4 Argon for task decomposition.
- Google DeepMind··+2 min
Google DeepMind releases world model Genie 4
Adds:Google DeepMind notes the model's ability to generate native audio and voice dialogue.
- TechCrunch · AI··+31 min
Google DeepMind released the Genie 4 world model, adding audio and real-time editing.
Adds:TechCrunch mentions the model's integration with Gemini AI and the use of Gemini 4 Argon for task decomposition.
- The Decoder··+1 h 25 min
DeepMind Genie 4 Released: Exploring the Frontier of Modern Intelligent Agent Design
Adds:The Decoder mentions the integration with SynthID for watermarking AI-generated content.
- ITHome · AI··+7 h 5 min
Google DeepMind launches the world model Genie 4, supporting synchronous generation and real-time editing of audio and video
- ITHome · AI··+7 h 42 min
Google DeepMind releases Genie 4 world model, supporting real-time natural language rewriting and native audio
- ITHome · AI··+7 h 56 min
- MarkTechPost··+15 h 35 min
Google DeepMind Releases Genie 4 Real-Time World Model, Natively Generating Audio
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Jay Peters
is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.
Google announced today its Genie 4 world model for generating interactive experiences using AI. The company says the model has four main updates: It allows for more realistic worlds, lets users update an experience in real time with a natural language prompt, can generate audio, and uses Gemini 3.8 Flash under the hood to help with its simulations. It also can create experiences that are about two minutes long, up from one minute for the previous Genie 3 model.
Google is pitching Genie 4 as a tool that could be helpful for things like pre-visualization for filmmakers, prototyping game ideas, and making training scenarios for robots. But the company warns that, as simulations run longer, details and object permanence can shift over time.
I haven’t been able to try Genie 4 for myself — it’s launching first as a “research preview” to “trusted testers” — so I can’t tell you how it compares to the Genie 3-powered Project Genie, which I used to generate bad Nintendo knockoffs. But here are some examples from Google demonstrating what’s possible with the new model.
Genie 4 will be “coming soon” to Google AI Ultra subscribers, Google says, and the company has opened a waitlist where you can apply to be able to try it in Project Genie.
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Source: The Verge · AI · theverge.com