Google's new AI 'world model' has seemingly spooked videogame investors, but it's hard to know what it will actually lead to

Google calls its current Project Genie model, Genie 3, an "experimental research prototype" (a funny name for something it's ...

Meet Project Genie from Google, a 'world model' it calls a stepping stone to AGI

Google has launched a new AI experiment called Project Genie, a tool that lets users build their own interactive virtual ...
WGN-TV

All aboard for family fun at Pullman’s historic model train show

CHICAGO (WGN) — If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend, head to the Historic Pullman Foundation’s Exhibit Hall for a one-of-a-kind model train experience. It’s an interactive event the ...
The Economist

Our new model captures the lottery of Britain’s electoral system

Two extraordinary things happened in Downham Market at the general election last year. One is that Liz Truss lost the seat of South West Norfolk, the first former prime minister to be ousted since ...
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First-of-Its-Kind 3D Model Lets You Explore Easter Island Statues From Home

A first-of-its-kind high-resolution 3D model now lets anyone explore Easter Island’s Rano Raraku quarry up close. The interactive model reveals how the island’s iconic moai statues were created across ...
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First-of-its-kind 3D model lets you explore Easter Island statues up close

Screenshot from a three-dimensional model of Rano Raraku quarry produced through Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry. This comprehensive digital documentation, derived from 11,686 UAV images, reveals ...
BGR

Nano Banana 2 AI Model Goes Viral - Here Are 10 Wild Examples

A few days ago, Google finally explained why its best AI image generation model is called Nano Banana, confirming speculation that the moniker was just a placeholder that stuck after the model went ...
VentureBeat

Moonshot's Kimi K2 Thinking emerges as leading open source AI, outperforming GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks

Even as concern and skepticism grows over U.S. AI startup OpenAI's buildout strategy and high spending commitments, Chinese open source AI providers are escalating their competition and one has even ...
New York Post

Hollywood producer David Pearce mocked for ‘LA vibe’ by judge before getting hit with 146-year sentence for rapes, twisted OD murders

LOS ANGELES — Monster producer David Pearce used his “LA vibe, slicked-back hair and duck lips” charm to drug and prey on nine young women over 15 years — and three of them are now dead, authorities ...
Electrek

Tesla recalls recent Model 3 and Model Y over battery pack defect

Tesla is recalling approximately 13,000 recent Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built earlier this year due to a battery pack defect that can result in power loss. In August, Tesla started getting reports ...
GitHub

Astra: General Interactive World Model with Autoregressive Denoising

TL;DR: Astra is an interactive world model that delivers realistic long-horizon video rollouts under a wide range of scenarios and action inputs. python infer_demo.py ...