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Justin Johnson

The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

World Models and the Future of Spatial AI with Justin Johnson

Published
September 1, 2026
Duration
1h 6m
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Last updated
Sep 6, 2026

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Summary

In this episode, Justin Johnson, co-founder of World Labs, joins us to discuss world models and the emerging field of spatial AI. We explore why many researchers see capabilities beyond language as an important frontier for AI, and what it means to build models that can understand, generate, and simulate the environments around them. Justin explains the d…

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In this episode, Justin Johnson, co-founder of World Labs, joins us to discuss world models and the emerging field of spatial AI. We explore why many researchers see capabilities beyond language as an important frontier for AI, and what it means to build models that can understand, generate, and simulate the environments around them. Justin explains the different approaches to world modeling, including explicit 3D representations and generative models, and why there is still no established recip

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