Functional data vectors consisting of samples of multivariate data where each component is a random function are encountered increasingly often but have not yet been comprehensively investigated. We ...

Google has presented Genie 3, a new "world model". It builds interactive environments with memory that can also be used for robot training. Google DeepMind's new “world model” Genie 3 has a memory of ...

Google DeepMind has revealed Genie 3, its latest foundation world model that can be used to train general-purpose AI agents, a capability that the AI lab says makes for a crucial stepping stone on the ...

For a while now, many AI researchers have been working to integrate a so-called "world model" into their systems. Ideally, these models could infer a simulated understanding of how in-game objects and ...

Editor's take: In Ernest Cline's 2015 novel Ready Player One, "Oasis" was a virtual interactive dystopia with life-like graphics and too many Delorean replicas fighting to uncover the game's hidden ...