Google’s new AI 'world model' is already hitting the games industry, but it's everything I hate about artificial intelligence

• Google launched its new AI tool, Project Genie, for AI Ultra plan subscribers
• It has since caused a plummet in stock prices for multiple video game companies
• Investors placing stock in Project Genie is a concerning sign for potential AI game development

AI continues to be a constant threat to gaming, with its heavy impact on gaming PC hardware via high RAM prices, and concerns of replacing game developers, and a recent update shows that the latter may eventually become a possibility.

According to Google, multiple video game developers and publishers have seen major stock price plummets as a result of Project Genie's release. It's a new AI tool from Google that allows users to generate playable interactive worlds based on prompts or images.

As you might have guessed, this has led to multiple users creating worlds using images of popular games like Nintendo ...