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A Whole New World · 2026-10-29
Four-panel satire: Google unveils Genie 4 to the AI company mascots, Anthropic questions a glitching tree, and a developer asks whether the model can simulate getting off the waitlist.
Fictional satire inspired by real AI news. Open full-size comic ↗
Google DeepMind announced Genie 4, an interactive world model with audio, as a research preview for trusted testers on October 27, 2026. Read the source ↗
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