Google DeepMind releases Genie 4 world model, capable of generating robot training environments

Google DeepMind has released Genie 4, a real-time photorealistic world model that can be controlled with natural language, adding native audio and improved physics such as collisions and aerodynamics. The model can generate infinitely variable, controllable training environments for robots and agents, and has been paired with Gemini 4 Argon and Gemini Robotics to have Apptronik's Apollo humanoid robot complete a checkers task step by step in simulation.