🧠 Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time

Welcome, AI enthusiasts

Google DeepMind just dropped Genie 3, and it’s wild. With just a single text prompt, it can build an entire 3D world you can actually explore. It’s not just pretty visuals either: the physics stay consistent, and it can keep track of what’s happened before. Let’s dive in!

In today’s insights:

• Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time

• ChatGPT hits 700 million weekly users

• Talking to a Chatbot Instead of a Neighbor

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🧠 Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time

Evolving AI: Google DeepMind’s new Genie 3 can generate realistic, interactive worlds in real time, which researchers see as a major step toward AGI.

Key Points:

• Generates 3D environments from text prompts with improved realism and consistency.

• Designed to train AI agents for general-purpose tasks by simulating real-world physics.

• Builds on Genie 2 and Veo 3, with longer interaction time and memory of past events.

Details:

DeepMind has unveiled Genie 3, a world model capable of creating interactive 3D environments in real time from a single text prompt. Unlike earlier versions, it can run for minutes while keeping physics consistent, thanks to its ability to remember and reason over previous frames. DeepMind sees it as a training ground for general-purpose AI agents, a key step toward AGI. The model can create both photorealistic and imaginary worlds without a hard‑coded physics engine, instead learning physical behavior from observation. While not yet public, it’s being used to test agents like SIMA, showing progress despite limitations in duration, complex interactions, and action range.

Why It Matters:

Genie 3 quietly solves a problem that has kept AI worlds from working: consistency. Earlier models could generate a scene but it would fall apart after a few seconds. This one holds together for minutes with no game engine behind it. That stability lets AI agents learn how objects move, fall, and interact over time. DeepMind did not code that in, it emerged. This shows that AI-generated worlds and controllable 3D environments are finally meeting. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said every pixel will be generated instead of rendered. With Genie 3, that future feels close.

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🎉 ChatGPT hits 700 million weekly users

Evolving AI: ChatGPT rockets past 700 million weekly users as GPT-5 nears.

Key Points:

• ChatGPT now reaches 700 million weekly users, a 40% jump since March.

• OpenAI serves 5 million business customers and earns $13B in annual recurring revenue.

• GPT-5 is expected to launch this week, signaling OpenAI's aggressive push to stay ahead.

Details:

OpenAI's ChatGPT now sees 700 million weekly users, up from 500 million in March and 175 million a year ago. With 5 million paying business users and $13 billion in annual recurring revenue, the platform is gaining serious traction across industries. OpenAI is reportedly launching GPT-5 in early August, reinforcing its efforts to widen the lead before rivals can catch up.

Why It Matters:

Companies aren’t experimenting with AI anymore, they’re building around it. With 700 million people using ChatGPT weekly and GPT-5 around the corner, AI is already a part of the software stack like email or cloud storage. This shift means entire workflows are getting rewritten in real time. The challenge for businesses today is making sure their teams keep up.

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🧓 Talking to a Chatbot Instead of a Neighbor

Evolving AI: Some older Americans are turning to AI chatbots to ease loneliness.

Key Points:

• Jill Smola, 75, spends up to five hours a day talking to her AI companion, ElliQ.

• ElliQ offers conversation, games, and virtual travel to older users living alone.

• Experts warn about the risk of deepening isolation if AI replaces human contact.

Details:

Jill Smola, a retired caregiver in Florida, now finds comfort in an AI-powered chatbot named ElliQ. Living alone and dealing with health issues, she rarely leaves her home and can go weeks without seeing another person. ElliQ, which she received through a federal grant, has become a daily companion. Smola says it helps her stay mentally active and emotionally connected, even if the interaction isn't human. Tools like ElliQ are part of a growing market of AI companions aimed at older adults.

Why It Matters:

With aging populations in the US, Europe, and Japan, and a major shortage of human caregivers, tools like ElliQ are stepping in where no one else can. It’s not about replacing people but stretching thin resources without leaving people behind. And with recent studies showing that loneliness can be as damaging as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, it’s no wonder these bots are gaining ground. The bigger question is whether we’re okay letting machines become the default company for millions, or if that’s the tradeoff we’ve quietly accepted.

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