Google DeepMind is assembling a new team of artificial intelligence researchers to develop “world models” that can simulate physical environments. The initiative will be led by Tim Brooks, a former co-lead for OpenAI’s Sora project who joined DeepMind in October to work on Google’s video generation and world simulators.

Google is establishing a team to build AI that can simulate the physical world, led by one of the former co-leads on OpenAI's Sora model.

Google is forming a new team to build AI models capable of accurately simulating the physical world. The effort will be led by Tim Brooks, a former co-lead on OpenAI's video generator, Sora. Brooks joined Google's AI research lab,

Brooks, who joined DeepMind after fleeing from OpenAI back in October, and his team have “ambitious plans to make massive generative models that simulate the world.” According to the role descriptions,

In order to develop AI models that can replicate the real world, Google is assembling a new team. Under Tim Brooks’ leadership, Google is assembling a new artificial intelligence team within its DeepMind division to develop models that can replicate the real world.

DeepMind has ambitious plans to make massive generative models that simulate the world. I’m hiring for a new team with this mission. Come build with us! Brooks, who previously led the development of OpenAI’s video generation model Sora,