IFM unveils PAN 2, an open foundation world model for physical intelligence
heyshrutimishra · x · 2026-11-12
IFM introduced PAN 2, an open foundation world model for physical intelligence. The analogy: a language model predicts the next word, PAN 2 predicts the next world — what happens after each action, grounded in time, physics and space, letting AI simulate "what if?" before acting.
The retweeter notes the demo of robot hands folding a shirt has a hidden requirement: each fold must build on the previous one, just like any agent that does more than one thing.
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