According to Reuters, the AI researcher known as the "godmother of AI"Fei-Fei Lifor the startup she co-founded with three colleagues World Labs mobilized $230 million(currently around RMB 1,638 million), which is focused on developing AI technology that can understand the workings of the three-dimensional physical world.
World Labs' first roundFinancingCo-led by Andreessen Horowitz, New Enterprise Associates and Radical Ventures, other investors include AMD, Intel Capital, NVIDIA's NVentures and others.
While existing generative AI models can produce stunning text and photo output, World Labs focuses on"Space Intelligence"namelyUnderstanding how the 3D world worksThe ability of the Li Feifei said that in the future, such spatial intelligence modelsCan be used for augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) or robotics. "So far, the images and videos generated by generative AI models are not enough to give you a full understanding of how 3D worlds are built."
She noted that this perceptual ability is critical to the ability of AI systems to reason broadly, avoiding "illusions" such as the wrong number of fingers. "The way we understand the structure of the world, whether it's virtual or real, is going to be a key part of the AI puzzle."
World Labs was valued at more than $1 billion (currently around RMB 7.121 billion) in July this year.World Labs aims to give AI human-like ability to process visual data, thus enabling more advanced reasoning, is still in the exploratory stage.