
World modelsGoogle DeepMind's Genie 4: JTBC video tops 800,000 views; top comment: "So this is how The Matrix begins"
A JTBC News video on Google DeepMind's world model Genie 4, unveiled Oct. 27, passed 800,000 views in a day. It shows a prompt making a piano appear in front of a bird and start playing, with sound. JTBC noted accuracy and long-run consistency remain open problems.
OfficeChai reports Genie 4 builds explorable environments from text or a reference image, generating matching audio and dialogue in real time, with live steering of weather or camera. Per Digg, access starts as a research preview for trusted testers, with Google AI Ultra subscribers and developer partners planned. DeepMind warns visual details and object permanence can shift in long simulations.
Top comments: "So this is the beginning of The Matrix" (462 likes), "We have entered a world where even video isn't truth" (376), "Reminds me of Inception" (166), and "the day I can make the open-world game I want is coming" (32).