Persimmon's funny rollout: employees must dodge questions about what they work on
gharik · x · 2026-09-11
Persimmon's latest rollout comes with a funny twist: employees have to deflect when asked what they work on. Niloofar Mire said they had a ton of fun playing with the models, and former Anthropic researcher Gharik reposted the bit, while @314Bansal joked he's done deflecting and is hiring for Persimmon.
Related event: Persimmon's New Meme: AI Researchers Can't Say What They Work On(2 posts)→
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