Waymo says it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo said it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 AI model to create realistic, digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios.
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Discussion
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@waymo
@waymo
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We're excited to introduce the Waymo World Model—a frontier generative mode for large-scale, hyper-realistic autonomous driving simulation built on @GoogleDeepMind's Genie 3. By simulating the “impossible”, we proactively prepare the Waymo Driver for some of the most rare and [im…
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@jeffdean
Jeff Dean
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Gemini+Genie 3 are helping @Waymo simulate long tail scenarios to make driving safer.
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@demishassabis
Demis Hassabis
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Super cool use case of Genie 3 simulations!
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@keerthanpg
Keerthana Gopalakrishnan
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This is so incredible! The world model LiDAR rollouts look really sick..
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@briancchao
Brian Chao
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WOW this is so incredibly cool. World models are helping self-driving cars simulate long-tail scenarios, which is crucial for robust autonomous systems. As powerful models like Genie 3 continue to advance, I'd expect post-training and adaptation to different hardware stacks
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@tkipf
Thomas Kipf
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We've been working with our friends at Waymo for quite some time to bring world models to this critical domain. Reliably simulating rare, safety-critical OOD scenarios is one of the first viable applications of world models in the real world. We've demonstrated this just
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@jonstephens85
Jonathan Stephens
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I thought Genie 3 was cool, but not yet useful. Just a week later and now we get to see it's real world potential! @Waymo released their first world model built on top of @GoogleDeepMind 's Genie 3! The model can take real dashcam footage and expand it into interactive [video]
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@googledeepmind
@googledeepmind
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Genie 3 🤝 @Waymo The Waymo World Model generates photorealistic, interactive environments to train autonomous vehicles. This helps the cars navigate rare, unpredictable events before encountering them in reality. 🧵 [image]
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@dmitri_dolgov
Dmitri Dolgov
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Simulation has always been a critical component of Waymo's AI ecosystem and one of the 3 key pillars of our approach to demonstrably safe AI in the physical world. The Waymo World Model is a high-fidelity, controllable environment helping the Waymo Driver master the long tail.
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@moll.dev
Tom
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This shit is so cool, I chatted with some NVIDIA folks at GTC years ago who were using a game engine to generate synthetic driving data with photogrammetry scenes. waymo.com/blog/2026/02...