So, we need to talk about world models

This week on Adjunct Intelligence, Dale Leszczynski and Nick McIntosh work through one of the busiest weeks in recent AI history. World Labs' Marble is publicly available. Google DeepMind's Genie 3 is generating navigable photorealistic 720p worlds at 20–24 frames per second. Gemini Omni Flash has rolled out to the Gemini app, Flow, and YouTube Shorts for free, with multi-turn conversational video editing where the physics actually holds. Meanwhile, Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab published its first technical paper — interaction models, a full-duplex architecture deliberately built to keep a person in the loop. And Andrej Karpathy has quietly joined Anthropic. Three trajectories, all landing in front of educators at once.[00:00] A teaching prompt this week [02:01] A decade of world models [03:57] Marble and Genie 3 land [04:47] Gemini Omni rolls out free [07:29] Simulation as pedagogy now [09:38] The always-on agent arrives[12:42] Plot twist in voice AI [14:21] Interaction models, not turn-based [16:24] A field analyst, a speedboat [22:36] A surprise transfer this week🎙️ Adjunct Intelligence is the weekly briefing for higher-ed professionals who want AI as a cheat code—not a headache.Every episode:• Real tests of AI tools in education and professional workflows• Fast, Monday-morning actions you can actually try• Clear signal through the noise (no hype, no jargon)👉 Subscribe on [YouTube] | [Apple Podcasts] | [Spotify]👉 Share this with a colleague who still says “I’ll figure AI out later”👉 Join the conversation on LinkedIn with #AdjunctIntelligenceStay curious. Stay intelligent. Stay the human in the loop.