American AI company Odyssey has released a public research preview version of the world model Odyssey 3, which supports text generation and interactive environments. The basic version of the model has 14 billion parameters, and the Pro version scored 66.1 points in the Physics IQ benchmark test, ranking first in three out of the four WorldMark benchmarks. Odyssey was founded in 2023 and received $310 million in financing from companies such as Amazon and AMD Ventures in June 2026. Competitors include Google DeepMind's Genie 3 and World Labs, with AMD planning to acquire World Labs for $8.2 billion. (Source: The Decoder)