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Google launches Genie 4, a world model powered by Gemini 3.8 Flash designed to generate interactive AI simulations, initially as a preview to trusted testers (Jay Peters/The Verge)

The Genie 4 world model offers more realism and can create audio to accompany its interactive worlds.

Google has unveiled Genie 4, an advanced world model powered by Gemini 3.8 Flash, aimed at generating interactive AI simulations. The new model boasts enhanced realism, enabling it to produce audio alongside interactive worlds. Key updates include the ability to update experiences in real time with natural language prompts, generating audio, and creating experiences lasting up to two minutes, a significant improvement from the one-minute limit of its predecessor, Genie 3.

Initially, Google plans to release Genie 4 as a "research preview" to trusted testers, followed by availability to Google AI Ultra subscribers. The company has also opened a waitlist for interested individuals to gain early access to the technology.

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