Top AI developers are shifting focus from chatbots to 'world models' that teach AI systems to understand and navigate physical environments, aiming to create more intelligent and embodied AI. Research…
Louis Castricato, founder of Overworld, pivoted from large language model research to diffusion world models that generate real-time physical simulations on consumer hardware. The company raised $4.5 …
An Associated Press feature profiles a wave of startups and researchers shifting focus from language models to 'world models' that learn physical space and interaction. Computer scientist Louis Castri…
Computer scientist Louis Castricato left his PhD at Brown University to found Overworld, a startup building AI 'world models' that understand physical environments, as a growing number of researchers …
Overworld released Waypoint-1.5, an update to its generative world model that produces real-time environments at up to 720p and 60 frames per second on consumer hardware. The release introduces two mo…