Project Genie: Create and Explore Worlds

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Diego Rivas, Shlomi Fruchter, and Jack Parker-Holder from the Project Genie team join host Logan Kilpatrick for an in-depth discussion on Google DeepMind’s latest breakthrough in world models. Project Genie is an experimental research prototype that allows users to generate, explore, and interact with infinitely diverse, photorealistic worlds in real-time. Learn more about the shift from passive video generation to interactive media, the technical challenges of maintaining world consistency and memory, and how these models serve as an essential training ground for AI agents. Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:51 - Demo: Goldfish and shark in underwater world 4:59 - Project Genie gallery 6:31 - Physics, remixing, and UI prompts 11:00 - Demo: Nano Banana mascot “Bob” 13:20 - Constraints, generation limits, and infrastructure 17:04 - Trusted testers and robotics future 28:34 - Frontier prompting and universal simulation 29:27 - Cross-Google collaboration 31:16 - Adoption timelines and impact 34:16 - Model generalization and historical context 38:52 - Hardware limits and the slope of progress Listen to this podcast: Apple Podcasts → https://goo.gle/3Bm7QzQ Spotify → https://goo.gle/3ZL3ADl Watch more Release Notes → https://goo.gle/4njokfg Subscribe to Google for Developers → https://goo.gle/developers Speaker: Diego Rivas, Shlomi Fruchter, and Jack Parker-Holder Products Mentioned: Google AI, Gemini, Genie

Published 2026-01-29 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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