MBZUAI releases open-source 29B world model for physical AI

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-11-11 07:39

Researchers at the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) have introduced PAN 2, an open-source world model. This model integrates a 29 billion parameter diffusion transformer with an LLM planner to predict up to 20 seconds of physical action outcomes. PAN 2 is released under the Apache 2.0 license, making it accessible for broader use in physical AI research. AI

IMPACT Provides a new open-source tool for simulating physical actions, potentially accelerating research in robotics and embodied AI.

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