1Genie 3 (Google DeepMind)
No. 1 — Genie 3 (Google DeepMind). On the lists of 8 of 10 AIs; median place there: 1. It has the best memory of any model in outside walking tests, though it follows your key presses poorly and walks end at 60 seconds.
Did you know
Genie 3 can build street scenes starting from Google Street View. Waymo made its own version, the Waymo World Model, to simulate rare road situations for robotaxis. That version outputs lidar four times faster than Genie 3.
- What it is
- Google's AI that draws a world you walk through live, as video.
- Its edge
- The only one of the three with outside test scores, first for memory.
- Who it suits
- Suits people who want to try a live walkable world; not those needing long sessions.
- WorldRoamBench first-person score73.81 first-person (paper)
Why it is here
In the WorldRoamBench test of 12 world models, Genie 3 came 1st for memory in first-person walks, and 1st for physics too. Its weak spot was following key presses, where it came 8th.
Genie 3's memory lasts about one minute, up from 10–20 seconds for Genie 2. But Project Genie, the version people can use, ends each walk at 60 seconds because longer sessions cost too much to offer widely.
Did you know
Genie 3 is reported to have 11 billion parameters. Its visual memory of about one minute is three to six times longer than Genie 2's 10–20 seconds. Genie 2 also drew its worlds at only 360p.
History
Project Genie opened on January 29, 2026, to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. Google's page says walks were capped at 60 seconds, and controls could be slow.
Keep in mind
TechCrunch says each Project Genie session is capped at one minute because of compute costs. Going back to a place usually worked, but objects could be missing or added when the scene was redrawn.
The same review found keys sometimes did nothing or sent the character the wrong way, and characters occasionally walked through walls. Photoreal prompts tended to look like video games.
Where to go further
Project Genie runs Genie 3 for US Google AI Ultra subscribers aged 18+. Start with world sketching: describe a scene, pick walking, flying or driving, then move through it. Watch for the 60-second limit.
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