New Lab humans& Launches Ampersand, a Collaboration-First Model Beating Fable in Months-Long Simulations
gharik · x · 2026-10-21
New research lab humans& has released Ampersand v0.1, its first model, positioned as "a collaborator built for us" that helps people achieve individual and collective goals.
- In multi-month simulations, users collaborating with Ampersand accomplished more than with Fable and other frontier models, per the team.
- The model is available to everyone through the lab's agent API for apps where people collaborate.
- Team members include Eric Zelikman and VPJ, who shared the launch.
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