Some elite AI researchers say language is limiting. Here's the new kind of model they are building instead.

Top AI researchers, such as Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun, are building world models, which they say have more potential than large language models.

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• Top AI researchers like Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun are thinking about AI beyond LLMs.
• At World Labs, Li is focused on building world models. LeCun is building them at his new startup.
• World models mimic the mental constructs that humans create in their minds.

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