{
  "id": 2915,
  "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3360115/next-frontier-ai-how-world-models-are-simulating-reality-and-virtual-spaces",
  "title": "The next frontier of AI: how ‘world models’ are simulating reality and virtual spaces",
  "summary": "Artificial intelligence has spent years learning to generate words, images and videos. Now, the industry’s attention is shifting towards “world models” – AI systems designed to simulate how the physical or digital world changes over time. While the term was originally associated with physics simulations and robotics, a growing number of Chinese companies are applying the concept more broadly. The technology remains in its infancy, with little consensus on what a world model should ultimately...",
  "authors": "Minxiao Chang",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "china",
  "published_at": "2026-07-10T12:30:09.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:11:46.979Z",
  "source_slug": "x-scmp-tech-hk-cn",
  "source_name": "SCMP Tech (HK/CN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.scmp.com/tech",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/2915",
  "original_url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3360115/next-frontier-ai-how-world-models-are-simulating-reality-and-virtual-spaces",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}