Three AI technology paths will eventually converge? Smart Image founder Mei Tao proposes an agentic world model

What happened: At the 2026 World Laureates Forum International Engineering Intelligence Conference, Zhixiang (HiDream.ai) founder and CEO Mei Tao proposed building Agentic Omnimodal World Models, arguing that the LLM, multimodal, and embodied model paths will eventually converge. Key numbers: China weekly Token calls reached 93 Why it matters: Mei Tao frames world models as the bridge across the gap between Digital AI and Physical AI, and Zhixiang has built a "1+1+3" commercialization structure around its Unified Transformer base, spanning image, video, interaction, and embodied models.

At the 2026 World Laureates Forum International Engineering Intelligence Conference, Zhixiang (HiDream.ai) founder and CEO Mei Tao proposed building Agentic Omnimodal World Models, arguing that the LLM, multimodal, and embodied model paths will eventually converge.

Mei Tao frames world models as the bridge across the gap between Digital AI and Physical AI, and Zhixiang has built a "1+1+3" commercialization structure around its Unified Transformer base, spanning image, video, interaction, and embodied models.