PROWL: RL agents that find failures in world models

World models can improve by having reinforcement-learning agents explore simulators and games to discover adversarial trajectories and failure cases automatically

What if world models could learn by discovery? Today we’re sharing PROWL: RL agents that explore game environments, simulators, and eventually robots to discover failures in a world model. This loop of learning is fully automated!

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