Westlake University opens a world model research centre for physical intelligence led by Yu Kaicheng

The Hangzhou university says the centre, opened on 31 October with Jin Yaochu as chief scientist, will work on world models that understand physics and predict the results of actions; other principal investigators and first projects have not been named.

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