This world can only last 120 seconds, and then everything begins to collapse. Yet within those two minutes, you can change the weather at will, summon dragons, or even have an entire city rise from the ground at your command.
Just now, Google(GOOG 0.00%↑) DeepMind officially released Genie 4, its next-generation world model, bringing AI-generated virtual worlds another big step closer to reality.
AI video’s next stop: worlds you can walk into
Back in 2024, Google DeepMind introduced Genie 1, which tried to learn the relationship between actions and environmental changes from video. Genie 2 then extended this to explorable 3D environments, and Genie 3, released in 2025, achieved real-time generation and real-time interaction.
