Humansand launches Persimmon, first large-scale model simulating how people interact
niloofar_mire · x · 2026-09-11
Alignment-focused startup Humansand introduced Persimmon, billed as the first large-scale model designed to realistically simulate how people talk and interact.
- Thesis: for AI to work with humans, it needs a truthful representation of us, not just how we want to be represented
- A research preview is open for access requests
- The launch coincides with a week of heightened AI alignment debate
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