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Industry·2d ago·all news from August 19, 2026

What's Next After ChatGPT? Fei-Fei Li Has a Plan

AI researcher Fei-Fei Li has launched a startup called World Labs, which has secured $1 billion in funding. The company aims to move beyond current chatbot models by developing spatial intelligence capable of understanding and interacting with three-dimensional physical environments. This shift represents a broader push within the industry to advance AI systems toward perceiving and processing the real world rather than focusing exclusively on language generation.

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