FEI-FEI LI'S WORLD LABS SPEEDS UP THE WORLD MODEL RACE WITH MARBLE, ITS FIRST COMMERCIAL PRODUCT

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World Labs, founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has launched Marble, its first commercial world model. Marble transforms text prompts, photos, videos, or layouts into editable 3D environments available through freemium and paid tiers. Unlike competitors' on-the-fly generation, it creates persistent, downloadable 3D worlds with AI-native editing tools. Marble can be used for gaming, visual effects, and virtual reality applications. Li envisions it as the first step toward machines achieving spatial intelligence.