{"slug": "as-better-chatbots-get-harder-to-build-ai-turns-to-simulated-worlds", "title": "As better chatbots get harder to build, AI turns to simulated worlds", "summary": "AI researchers are shifting focus from text-based chatbots to simulated worlds as progress on language models slows, aiming to build more capable and generalizable AI systems through embodied learning in virtual environments.", "body_md": "Article URL: \nhttps://www.science.org/content/article/better-chatbots-get-harder-build-ai-turns-simulated-worlds\n\nComments URL: \nhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48740115\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/as-better-chatbots-get-harder-to-build-ai-turns-to-simulated-worlds", "canonical_source": "https://www.science.org/content/article/better-chatbots-get-harder-build-ai-turns-simulated-worlds", "published_at": "2026-06-30 22:32:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-30 22:50:28.198445+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-research"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/as-better-chatbots-get-harder-to-build-ai-turns-to-simulated-worlds", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/as-better-chatbots-get-harder-to-build-ai-turns-to-simulated-worlds.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/as-better-chatbots-get-harder-to-build-ai-turns-to-simulated-worlds.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/as-better-chatbots-get-harder-to-build-ai-turns-to-simulated-worlds.jsonld"}}