Following Large Language Models, AI research is turning its focus toward World Models: systems capable not only of generating content, but of constructing a dynamic representation of reality, simulating cause-and-effect relationships, and predicting the evolution of complex systems. 

This is the very logic that inspires digital twins of cities, infrastructures, and regional territories.

A new perspective is opening up for Public Administrations: experimenting in virtual environments with the effects of decisions regarding mobility, traffic, energy consumption, or extreme weather events, thereby identifying the most sustainable solutions before applying them in the real world.

The recent fundraising of over one billion dollars by AMI Labs, the new venture founded by Yann LeCun specifically to develop World Models, confirms the growing scientific and industrial interest in this evolution of Artificial Intelligence. 

For Lepida, engaged in the development of digital infrastructures and digital twins serving the regional territory, this represents a trajectory to be monitored with close attention.

At the initiative of its Shareholders, Lepida will continue to provide expertise, infrastructure, and experimentation capabilities to evaluate, integrate, and govern these technologies, ensuring they translate into smarter, more sustainable public services capable of supporting increasingly optimal decision-making.