# STAT+: What is a ‘world model’? Nabla’s Alex LeBrun explains
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Published: 2026-07-22 21:22 EST
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## Summary

In this edition of AI Prognosis, Brittany Trang talks to Alex LeBrun, AI scribe company Nabla's executive chairman, about an alternative to LLMs

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Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter . Follow her on Threads , Mastodon , and Bluesky . You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01.

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Every time I interview someone from an AI scribe company, I ask if it’s OK to record the interview for my notes and make a joke about the ironic situation.

Turns out, not everyone is asking, and people have started to record their daily conversations, such as first dates, without asking. “ This Conversation is Being Recorded. They All Are ” is the Wall Street Journal’s headline. What a hellscape.

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Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter . Follow her on Threads , Mastodon , and Bluesky . You can reach Brittany on Signal at btrang.01.
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