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As of: 2026-11-13 13:49 CET.
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# Google DeepMind opens Project Genie, a Genie 3 world-model prototype, to AI Ultra subscribers

On 29 Jan 2026 DeepMind rolled out Project Genie to US Google AI Ultra subscribers: a prototype that uses the Genie 3 world model (with Gemini and Nano Banana Pro) to let users sketch, explore and remix real-time interactive worlds, limited to 60-second sessions — the first time a general world model was offered as a consumer product.

## Key facts
- Available from 2026-01-29 to Google AI Ultra subscribers (18+) in the US, via Google Labs
- Built on Genie 3; world sketching, exploration and remixing
- Generation capped at 60 seconds; physics and prompt adherence imperfect
- Genie 3 generates navigable worlds at 720p, 24 fps (Wikipedia; described there as an 11B-parameter autoregressive transformer — unverified by Google post)

## What happened

Google DeepMind made its Genie 3 world model available to paying users through an experimental web prototype in which text and image prompts become explorable, interactive environments.

## Why it matters

World models are seen as key for training agents and robots in simulation; putting one in consumers' hands showed how far real-time interactive generation had come, and people quickly used it to recreate video-game worlds.

## Your AI and this story

- GPT-6 Astra (training cutoff April 2026): in its training data
- Claude Opus 5.5 (training cutoff June 2026): in its training data
- Gemini 4 Hydrogen (training cutoff March 2026): in its training data
- Grok 4.7 (training cutoff May 2026): in its training data

## Sources

1. [Google: Project Genie — AI world model now available for Ultra users in U.S.](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/project-genie/) (blog.google, official)
2. [9to5Google: Google rolling out Project Genie](https://9to5google.com/2026/01/29/google-project-genie/) (9to5google.com, press)
3. [TechCrunch: I built marshmallow castles in Project Genie](https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/29/i-built-marshmallow-castles-in-googles-new-ai-world-generator-project-genie) (techcrunch.com, press)
4. [Wikipedia: Project Genie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Genie_(website)) (en.wikipedia.org, discussion)

## Changes

- 2026-10-15: Linked the official Google DeepMind launch video (deepmind-project-genie-infinite-worlds)
- 2026-09-29 (filed): Created

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