On August 5th, 2025, Google’s Deemind released their new AI world model, Genie 3. It can generate fully interactive 3D environments from a single text prompt. With a 720p resolution and 24 fps, with several minutes of continuous interaction, Genie 3 surpasses past attempts of an interactive AI model. Additionally, as it builds on a predecessor, Gene 3 offers real time navigable worlds that remember object placement and texture.

But how does such a transforming product work? Genie 3 uses an autoregressive video generation model, meaning it creates each frame one at a time based on prior frames. It builds unique interactive simulations based upon thousands of hours of internet video it was trained on. The system also supports text-to-world prompting in which a user’s typed input can instantly modify the screen.

Currently, the model still has limitations…

• Limited action space. The range of actions a user can perform are constrained.
• Interaction and simulation of other agents. Modeling interactions between multiple users is still an ongoing research challenge.
• Representation of the real world. Genie 3 is unable to simulate real-world locations with complete accuracy. 
• Limited interaction duration. While Genie 3’s interaction duration significantly improved from Genie 2, it still only supports a couple of minutes rather than hours of continuous play. 

In the future do animators face any risk of being replaced? While Genie 3 still can’t animate characters with emotion, dialogue, or precision with advancements and research, it is highly possible. However, while Genie 3 has sparked curiosity and shock among people, many refuse to use this product when it is released; animation is a deeply human, artistic task. It is possible that animators will have to work with AI, specifically to complete tedious parts, while animators focus on performance and storytelling. 

Google’s Deepmind hopes to utilize Genie 3 to create new opportunities in education and training. In the future, they hope to expand Genie 3, making it available to additional testers. It is currently publicly unavailable to prevent misuse and to study ethical and technical risks before publishing it. Whether Genie 3  becomes a tool, a threat, or something in between, it is already rewriting the script for digital worlds.

Works Cited

Parker-Holder, Jack, and Shlomi Fruchter. “Genie 3: A New Frontier for World Models.” Google DeepMind, 5 Aug. 2025, deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

CNBC. “Google DeepMind Reveals Genie 3, a World Model That’s Part of Its Roadmap to AGI.” CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025, www.cnbc.com/video/2025/08/05/google-deepmind-reveals-geniea3-a-world-model-thatas-part-of-its-roadmap-to-agi.html. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.