humans& Releases Persimmon, a Large-Scale Model for Simulating Human Interaction
gharik · x · 2026-09-11
New lab humans& released Persimmon, described as the first large-scale model designed to realistically simulate how people talk and interact — on the thesis that AI must understand us to work with us. Early reactions, including Sun Weiwei, highlight impressive results on the User Sim Index benchmark.
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