Some elite AI researchers say language is limiting. Here's the new kind of model they are building instead.

Some elite AI researchers say language is limiting. Here's the new kind of model they are building instead.

Top AI researchers, such as Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun, are building world models, which they say have more potential than large language models.Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BITop AI researchers like Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun are thinking about AI beyond LLMs.At World Labs, Li is focused on building world models. LeCun is building them at his new startup.World models mimic the mental constructs that humans create in their minds.As OpenAI, Anthropi…

After LLMs and agents, the next AI frontier: video language models

Tesla’s viral videos show its Optimus humanoid robot serving drinks to guests — a glimpse of AI in the real world that a new AI innovation, called world models, is expected to make more reliable. (For one, humanoid robots will do a better job in navigating and serving people their custom drinks.) World models — which some refer to as video language models — are the new frontier in AI, following in the footsteps of the iconic ChatGPT and more rec…