Humans& launches Ampersand, first model with privacy built in, plus a funny RL-plot joke
niloofar_mire · x · 2026-10-21
Humans& released Ampersand, billed as the first collaborator model with privacy designed in rather than bolted on: the team crafted environments and simulations so post-training optimization pressure incentivizes decisions respecting contextual privacy norms over long horizons. Author Niloofar also joked about RL training curves — smooth them out and everything goes up.
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