Google announces Genie 4 AI model
The Verge: Google’s next Genie AI model generates more realistic experiences
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 pitchi
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Google announced a new AI model called Genie 4 that generates interactive digital worlds with improved realism and can now create accompanying audio. The model can produce experiences about twice as long as its predecessor, allows users to modify simulations in real time using natural language commands, and uses an underlying AI system to power its simulations. The company suggests potential applications for filmmakers doing pre-visualization, game developers prototyping ideas, and robot training scenarios, though it notes that longer simulations may experience shifts in details and object permanence over time. The tool is launching initially as a research preview for trusted testers, with availability coming to Google AI Ultra subscribers.
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