Author Archives: TheGeek

The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heated

Over the past month, we’ve seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it’s been making the AI community’s head spin. It has also poured fuel on the fire of the OpenAI-Google rivalry, an accelerating game of one-upmanship taking place unusually close to the Christmas holiday. “How… Read More »

Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model

Google DeepMind’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean, says that the model receives extra computing power, writing on X, “we see promising results when we increase inference time computation!” The model works by pausing to consider multiple related prompts before providing what it determines to be the most accurate answer. Since OpenAI’s jump into the “reasoning” field… Read More »

New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality

The AI-generated worlds reportedly include realistic physics, camera movements, and object behaviors, all from text commands. The system then creates physically accurate ray-traced videos and data that robots can use for training. Examples of “4D dynamical and physical” worlds that Genesis created from text prompts. Examples of “4D dynamical and physical” worlds that Genesis created… Read More »