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Alibaba Cloud is investing in a new type of artificial intelligence designed to better replicate the real world.
Alibaba Cloud led a $290 million investment in ShengShu, developer of the AI video tool Vidu.
KEY POINTS
- ShengShu is developing a 'general world model' using multimodal data like vision, audio, and touch.
- Alibaba and Baidu Ventures also invested $50 million in Tripo AI, which generates 3D models from photos.
- PixVerse, backed by Alibaba, released an AI world model that lets users direct video generation in real time.
- World models are seen as essential for robotics, bridging digital simulations and real-world physical tasks.
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