On April 16, Alibaba introduced HappyOyster, a groundbreaking world model product designed for real-time construction and interaction. Developed by Alibaba's ATH Innovation Business Unit—the same team behind HappyHorse—HappyOyster leverages a native multimodal architecture. This architecture enables it to support multimodal understanding and generate synchronized audio-video content. It boasts two primary functionalities: roaming and directing, which empower users to craft AI-driven digital worlds in real time. The concept of a world model represents a cutting-edge area of exploration, with both HappyOyster and Google's Genie3 falling under the category of world simulators.
