Google's SIMA 2 AI can now play 'No Man's Sky'
Google DeepMind just rolled out SIMA 2, a next-gen AI agent that can play games like No Man's Sky, Valheim, and Goat Simulator 3.
Thanks to Google's Gemini AI, SIMA 2 actually understands what players want and can handle tricky tasks in new game worlds—making it a big leap from last year's version.
SIMA 2 could help in building AGI
SIMA 2 isn't just about better gameplay. DeepMind's Joe Marino called its ability to learn new virtual spaces a fundamental step toward building more general-purpose robots and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
Senior researcher Jane Wang added that gaming is a really great training ground for AI with real-world potential.
Right now, SIMA 2 is only available as a limited preview for select researchers and developers, but it's already heating up the AGI race against Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.