Google is trying to level up its AI game. The tech giant is reportedly forming a new team to work on AI models that can simulate the physical world.
Tim Brooks, who co-led OpenAI’s video generator Sora before joining Google DeepMind’s AI research lab in October 2024, will lead the new team, he announced in a post on X. The team will be part of Google DeepMind.
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“DeepMind has ambitious plans to make massive generative models that simulate the world,” Brooks wrote Monday morning. “I’m hiring for a new team with this mission.”
Google DeepMind is a company that builds smart computers that can learn and solve problems on their own. It was started in 2010 and bought by Google in 2014. DeepMind’s goal is to use AI to help solve big problems in areas like health, energy, and science to make the world a better place.
According to the job listings Brooks mentioned in his post, the new modeling team will collaborate with and build on work from Google’s Gemini, Veo, and Genie teams to tackle “critical new problems” and scale models “to the highest levels of compute.”
Reportedly, Brooks’ new team will look to develop “real-time interactive generation” tools on top of the models they build, and study how to integrate their models with existing multimodal models such as Gemini.
However, there are concerns about training this AI. Big corporations have recently been in the news for their mass layoffs and replacing their human workforce with AI in a bid to cut corners.
AI has the potential to replace humans in many roles within the tech space, particularly in tasks like coding, data analysis, and customer support. While this increases efficiency and reduces costs, it also brings significant challenges.
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Many workers may lose their jobs as AI systems take over routine or complex tasks. The reliance on AI could lead to a lack of human creativity, emotional intelligence, and ethical decision-making.
Furthermore, job displacement could contribute to economic inequality and social unrest. It’s essential to find a balance between using AI for innovation and ensuring humans remain integral to tech development. We will have to wait and see if Google is responsible with its latest AI venture.