Venture investors poured more than $3 billion into world model startups in 2026, betting AI that can simulate the physical ...

Instead of just predicting words, world models actually learn how the physical world works, which is the "common sense" AI needs to finally reach AGI. To many people, AI manifests one of sci-fi’s ...

An ongoing trend in artificial intelligence could have huge implications for how the technology is used in research. Some researchers, including the computer scientist and AI pioneer Yann LeCun, who ...

Are today’s AI models truly remembering, thinking, planning, and reasoning, just like a human brain would? Some AI labs would have you believe they are, but according to Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann ...

World models, also known as world simulators, are being touted by some as the next big thing in AI. World models take inspiration from the mental models of the world that humans develop naturally. Our ...

Smarter robots aren’t the only end game for world models. Castricato started Overworld last year and the tiny Rhode ...

Step aside, LLMs. The next big step for AI is learning, reconstructing and simulating the dynamics of the real world. Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging technologies. With a ...

Today’s AI is still unreliable. Some researchers think solving that problem requires teaching AI systems to understand the world around them. AI systems have already gained impressive mastery over the ...

The latest ambition of artificial intelligence research — particularly within the labs seeking “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI — is something called a world model: a representation of the ...

Runway AI Inc. today announced that it has closed a $315 million funding round backed by Nvidia Corp. and AMD Ventures. The lead investor was General Atlantic, which was also the biggest contributor ...

Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...