Big AI firms pump money into world models as LLM advances slow
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As progress in traditional large language models begins to plateau, major AI companies are investing heavily in "world models" that understand and simulate physical environments rather than just processing text. Companies like Runway are using these models to create real-time gaming environments with realistic physics, while Niantic leverages data from 10 million mapped locations through Pokémon Go to build comprehensive world simulations.
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