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  • Google Genie 3 AI Builds Game Worlds from Text in Seconds — A Revolution in Game Development

    Genie 3, a revolutionary development in AI-powered world models, was recently unveiled by Google DeepMind. With just one text prompt, this latest version can instantly produce dynamic, highly complex 3D environments. It will remember where you left off this time.

    A major advancement in simulations, agent training, and generative media, Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 can sustain many minutes of continuous interaction and dynamic environmental changes.

    What Is Genie 3? Google’s Latest AI Game Environment Generator

    The most sophisticated world model developed by Google’s DeepMind so far is called Genie 3. With only a brief text prompt, it can generate entire interactive environments. This version differs from the others in that it allows you to interact constantly for a number of minutes and operates fluidly at 24 frames per second and 720p.

    Although none of these AI-generated environments are pre-rendered, users can navigate them much like they would in a video game. Rather, each frame is created dynamically dependent on the user’s actions. In almost every important parameter, Genie 3 surpasses its predecessor, Genie 2.

    According to Google DeepMind research, it now allows for continuous, coherent settings for several minutes at a time, as opposed to merely producing static scenes or brief interactive segments.

    How Genie 3 Transforms AI Game Development?

    The visual memory of Genie 3 is among its most remarkable attributes. Items and markers stay in place if you explore a created world and then go back to a location you ignored. Genie 3 maintains the continuity of your virtual area over an extended period of time, often up to a minute or longer, thanks to this emergent functionality that isn’t explicitly programmed.

    Additionally, “promptable world events” are added in Genie 3. Do you wish to alter the weather abruptly? or produce creatures in a woodland? A new text command allows you to change the scene instantly, and the virtual environment changes in real time.

    Promptable World Events: Real-Time AI Interactions

    Genie 3 has a wide range of abilities. It may create natural environments, such as flowing rivers, shifting sunshine, varying animal behaviour, and fluctuating weather. That’s not all, though. Additionally, the model draws on literature and imagination to provide creative settings and self-expressing animated characters.

    Additionally, historical and geographical simulation is a possibility. Would you like to see an old market or a Victorian city? Genie 3 allows you to make objects appear as though they were in different eras and locations without the requirement for any pre-made 3D materials.

    With only one line of instructions, you can even instruct the model to alter the weather, add new characters, or cause events like an unexpected storm.

    Using Genie 3 for Training AI Agents

    According to a paper from DeepMind, these environments allow researchers a great deal of flexibility when they are training AI agents. By placing its SIMA generalist agent in several settings and assigning it duties, such as navigating or gathering objects, based only on what it hears from other people in the world, DeepMind has already begun testing Genie 3.

    DeepMind is extremely concerned about ethics, safety, and the potential misuse of these open-ended AI tools. According to a DeepMind report, their Responsible Development & Innovation Team is running the preview in order to gather input before making it available to more people.

  • Genie Goes Off Duty: Swiggy Suspends Its Popular Service

    Swiggy Genie, its citywide delivery service, has been suspended. In the majority of places, the Swiggy app does not display the service, which was operational in about 70 Indian towns. A notice stating that the Swiggy Genie service is “temporarily unavailable” appears at a few spots where it is accessible through the app.

     At the moment, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi NCR do not have access to the service. However, media reports were unable to determine whether it had been suspended in every city where it operated. Swiggy stated that Genie is taking a little hiatus from fulfilling wishes in response to a post on X regarding the withdrawal of Swiggy Genie from the app.

     Although there isn’t a specific timeframe for Genie’s return yet, Swiggy stated that their staff is diligently working behind the scenes to get it back as soon as possible. We’ll be sure to update you as soon as it resumes operations!

    Not the 1st Time for Genie

    In April 2020, Swiggy Genie, a hyperlocal delivery service, was introduced in 30 cities. Since then, the business has extended its immediate pickup and drop-off service to nearly 70 cities nationwide. It’s noteworthy that Swiggy has stopped Swiggy Genie before.

    The foodtech giant suspended operations in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Mumbai in 2022. It stated at the time that the company had to give priority to its food marketplace and rapid commerce vertical, Instamart, due to the spike in demand for these services. The most recent development occurs one day after Swiggy declared that more than 500 cities nationwide now offer its 10-minute delivery service, Bolt.

    Intriguingly, Zomato’s fiercest rival Eternal declared earlier this week that it is discontinuing Quick, a 15-minute meal delivery service, at its Q4 results announcement because it failed to generate any more demand during its pilot period.

    Additionally, Zomato said that it will discontinue Zomato Everyday, its home-meal service. On Friday, May 9, Swiggy is scheduled to release its Q4 financial results. Brokers predict that the company’s net loss will soar to INR 927 Cr and that its EBITDA margin will report a 16% sequential fall during the quarter.

    According to JM Financial, Swiggy Instamart’s “aggressive dark store expansion and impact of a high competitive landscape” are to blame for the increase in losses.

    Recent Financial Dynamics of Swiggy

    In Q3 FY25, Swiggy saw a consolidated net loss of INR 799 Cr, up 39% from INR 574 Cr in the same quarter last year. During the quarter, operating revenue soared 31% year over year to INR 3,993 Cr. Strong demand in its primary meal delivery operation and an increase in quick commerce income were the main drivers of this rise.